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Firing at ground targets: Pembrey Sands Air Weapons Range

Posted by: Maj (Retd) Martyn Alexandre, Posted on: 25 September 2017 - Categories: Military Training
RAF Regiment Forward Air Controllers (FACs) from the Air Land Integration Cell (ALIC), based at RAF Honington (Suffolk), guide a Typhoon from 6 Squadron onto their target at the Cape Wrath practice range in Scotland. [Crown Copyright/MOD2013]

Hi, I’m Marty Alexandre, DIO’s Training Safety Officer at Pembrey Sands in Wales, an Air Weapons Range (AWR) on the coastline of Carmarthen. I’m a former bomb disposal officer which is useful in this job! This unique part of the …

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Taking to the skies: air safety on the training estate

Posted by: Lt Cdr Bob Carter, Posted on: 14 December 2015 - Categories: Military Training

I’m Lt Cdr Bob Carter, SO2 Air Safety for the DIO’s Service Delivery Training Safety team, and when asked what I do for a living, I often reply: “I’m in the Navy, but I work with the Army, offering aviation …

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