Operational again after the Buccaneer grounding earlier this year were Nos.15 and 16 Squadrons at Laarbruch. Illustrated at its base is an S.2B of No.15 Squadron

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Blackburn Buccaneer / B-103 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1958

R.A.F. Harrier GR.3 of No.4 Squadron, Gutersloh, operating from a dispersed site at Heimatoff in the Sennelager area. For "Crusader", Gutersloh’s two Harrier squadrons were reinforced by No.1 Squadron from Wittering

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: BAe Harrier - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1966

The whole of R.A.F. Germany was committed to the exercise, including all five Jaguar squadrons which, it must be admitted, were not to be seen in pretty formations. This shot, staged earlier, does however illustrate a Jaguar from each unit (from the left): No.2 Squadron, which is based at Laarbruch and specialises in reconnaissance; Nos.14, 17, 20 and 31 Squadrons, which are all based at Bruggen and whose role is close support. Also taking part in "Crusader" were the Jaguars of No.54 Squadron, over from Coltishall

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: SEPECAT Jaguar - InternationalInternational - 1969

Army Air Corps Westland/Aerospatiale Gazelle AH.1 XW999 setting off on a mission during "Spearpoint", the battle phase of the exercise

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Aerospatiale Gazelle / SA.341/SA.342 - ФранцияFrance - 1967

U.S. Army Boeing-Vertol CH-47C Chinooks operating with the "Blue" forces transporting a Company group and some of their vehicles across a river

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing-Vertol CH-47 Chinook - СШАUSA - 1961

U.S. Army Chinooks landing troops and vehicles at a secure LZ

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing-Vertol CH-47 Chinook - СШАUSA - 1961

Although tank-busting is more to its taste, this A.A.C. Westland Scout AH.1, XV122, was acting as "mail man" during "Spearpoint" and was marked with a white cross

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Westland Wasp / Scout - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1958

Main task of the R.A.F.'s Westland Wessex HC.2s was to move troops and supplies around the battlefield. Shown during a heliborne assault is one of the ten Wessex which No.72 Squadron brought over from Odiham and operated in a wood near Steinheim. "Crusader" was the last major exercise for R.A.F. Germany's own Wessex squadron, No.18, which has since returned to the U.K. and been replaced at Gutersloh by the Pumas of No. 230 Squadron

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Westland Wessex - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1958

Paratroops of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division being dropped from a U.S.A.F. Lockheed C-141A StarLifter to reinforce the "Orange'’ forces. Ten C-141s were involved in this operation, drawn from the 437th MAW, Charleston AFB, South Carolina, and the 63rd MAW, Norton AFB, California

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Lockheed C-141 Starlifter - СШАUSA - 1963