{"id":40412,"date":"2013-01-23T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=8b986cc8d98403f7a8cafd2680037d88"},"modified":"2014-03-21T11:49:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-21T11:49:00","slug":"news-story-new-raf-unit-strengthens-relationship-with-united-arab-emirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=40412","title":{"rendered":"News story: New RAF unit strengthens relationship with United Arab Emirates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> Removed specific air bases involved.<\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Based in the <abbr title=\"United Arab Emirates\">UAE<\/abbr>, 906 <abbr title=\"Expeditionary Air Wing\">EAW<\/abbr>\u2019s tasks will include the provision of support to air transport links between the UK and deployed operations in Afghanistan, as well as logistic support to deployed forces.<\/p>\n<p>The newly-stood-up <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.raf.mod.uk\/organisation\/expeditionaryairwings.cfm\" title=\"Expeditionary Air Wings web page\"><abbr title=\"Expeditionary Air Wing\">EAW<\/abbr><\/a> will also be responsible for supporting RAF aircraft conducting joint exercises in the region. The RAF\u2019s <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.raf.mod.uk\/equipment\/typhooneurofighter.cfm\" title=\"Typhoon FGR4 web page\">Typhoon<\/a> and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.raf.mod.uk\/equipment\/sentry.cfm\" title=\"E-3D Sentry AEW1 web page\">E-3D Sentry<\/a> aircraft have recently been exercising with multinational contingents at another location in the <abbr title=\"United Arab Emirates\">UAE<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<p>Aircraft have also joined the Advanced Tactical Leadership Course that has been hosted for the past 10 years by the Emirates. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"906 Expeditionary Air Wing \" src=\"https:\/\/assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/6146\/906_su.jpg\"><\/div><figcaption>906 Expeditionary Air Wing in the United Arab Emirates [Picture: Crown Copyright\/MOD 2013]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Air Commodore Phil Beach, UK Air Component Commander, <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.raf.mod.uk\/currentoperations\/83eag.cfm\" title=\"83 Expeditionary Air Group web page\">83 Expeditionary Air Group<\/a>, was in the <abbr title=\"United Arab Emirates\">UAE<\/abbr> to mark the formal stand-up of 906 <abbr title=\"Expeditionary Air Wing\">EAW<\/abbr>. He said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The standing up of 906 Expeditionary Air Wing in the United Arab Emirates marks an important milestone for the RAF and underlines the continued strong relationship that we share with our <abbr title=\"United Arab Emirates\">UAE<\/abbr> friends.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">We are grateful for the excellent facilities that have been provided for us and look forward to participating regularly in flying exercises in the region.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wing Commander Mike Baulkwill, Officer Commanding <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.raf.mod.uk\/organisation\/6squadron.cfm\" title=\"6 Squadron web page\">6 Squadron<\/a>, which took part in exercises with their Typhoon aircraft in the <abbr title=\"United Arab Emirates\">UAE<\/abbr> prior to Christmas last year, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">We have seen the ground crew and pilots from 6 Squadron lead and operate in a very different environment, giving the pilots, ground crew and support staff an opportunity to work alongside other nations and our Emirate counterparts.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RAF&#8217;s 906 Expeditionary Air Wing (EAW) was stood up in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 15 January 2013, marking a significant milestone in relations with the UAE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40412"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}