RAF crew delivers Christmas cheer
An RAF Tristar from 216 squadron with a volunteer crew flew 36 hours to ferry more than 200 servicemen and women stranded in the Falkland Islands during the Christmas period.
The chartered civilian 747 was damaged in an accident and there was no replacement. A team from RAF Brize Norton volunteered to give up some of their own time off from operations in Iraq and Afghanistan to mount an emergency rescue mission.
The aircraft, which was configured for a freight run, had to be stripped out and seating installed.
It made two refueling stops at Ascension Island on the outward and return legs of the 16,000-mile round-trip to pick up the people from the South Atlantic outpost.
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