Photos from the official handover from 12 (Bomber) Sqn to 617 Dambuster Sqn at Noon today in Afghanistan. Wing Commander Frampton on the right of 12 (B) Sqn hands over the reigns to Wing Commander Taylor of 617 Sqn today at noon local time. The second picture is of the two Sqn Bosses chatting after the handover.

In my contact Paul's words .. "Thats us for 4 months now". 

Today, in addition to doing all they have to do in theatre to provide air support to 'our lads and lasses' the operating conditions for 617 Sqdn can be really challenging. Again, Paul's words "Experincing one hell of a thunderstorm at the moment (time 22.00 local). Had a pretty bad dust storm earlier on today which was like driving in fog but very gritty fog which you can taste."

This makes it all very real - this is 'real time' and we simply have to support these guys and all our troops in Afghanistan. These photo's were taken today whilst we all enjoyed our sunny Sunday afternoon!

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