Iraq: Rockets Attack Airbase Hosting Coalition Troops
A small number of British personnel are based at Al Asad airbase and are understood to be safe and well following the incident.
A small number of British personnel are based at Al Asad airbase and are understood to be safe and well following the incident.
Mal Craghill and Martin Wintermeyer completed their final rides on the anniversary of the end of the war.
Three decades ago, the then-Brigadier Patrick Cordingley commanded 7th Armoured Brigade during the First Gulf War.
Thirty years after the conflict, Forces News spoke to Commander Nobby Hall, who served on RFA Argus.
Lieutenant Colonel Tim Purbrick was a 27-year-old Captain in the 17th/21st Royal Lancers when he was deployed to the Gulf.
"That's what happens when the Special Forces make mistakes, usually the cost of life is very high."
The war was to be one of the first major tests for Sir John Major, who had only just become Prime Minister.
"If I close my eyes I can still smell what it was like being a prisoner of war. It never leaves you."
It was the biggest deployment of the UK Armed Forces since the Second World War.
A Troop Sergeant during the war has been what it was like to be part of Op Granby and serve on the ground.
Lord King spoke to Forces News about the "first TV war" and his memories as conflict unfolded in the Gulf.
The British operation name given was 'Operation GRANBY' – which took its name from John Manners, Marquess of Granby.
The strike was the first military action undertaken by President Joe Biden's administration.
It follows the decision by NATO defence ministers to send about 3,500 extra troops to the country.
The RAF is flying missions against so-called Islamic State as part of Operation Shader.
Several other people were injured, including one United States military service member.