| 6 May 06 | It is with very great sadness and regret that the Ministry of Defence has confirmed the names of five British personnel missing presumed dead following the crash of a Lynx helicopter in Basra City. |
| 5 May 06 | Iraqi fire fighters, operating at Basrah International Airport, are about to undertake practical, command, and management training at Teesside Airport.
Parched British troops in the Iraqi desert put out a plea for a quality cuppa to supplement their rations - and the 'elevenses' hour appeal was answered by one of London's top stores. |
| 4 May 06 | The Secretary of State for Defence, John Reid, welcomed the opportunity to meet the families of the six Royal Military Policemen murdered at Al Majarr Al Kabir on 24 June 2003. |
| 3 May 06 | Hollywood superstar Ewan McGregor is to see a spoof of a multi-million dollar Star Wars movie made by an RAF film buff. |
| 2 May 06 | On 30 January 2005, a Hercules C130K crashed in Iraq with the loss of all personnel on board. In December 2005 the Board of Inquiry concluded that the aircraft crashed after it became uncontrollable after hostile ground-to-air fire caused the explosive separation of the outboard right hand wing.
Soldiers from The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers have been remembering their fallen comrades in a moving ceremony in southern Iraq.
Military personnel from the UK were in for the high jump when they volunteered to abseil off the Air Traffic Control tower at Basrah Air Station in southern Iraq. |
| 28 Apr 06 | Two hundred RAF, Army and Royal Navy medics preparing to deploy to Iraq in May 206 have been honing their skills in a joint training exercise designed to test their clinical skills. |
| 26 Apr 06 | Sappers have been proving they are the safest military drivers in Iraq during a tri-service competition held at Shaibah Logistics Base near Basra. |
| 25 Apr 06 | Movie mad military personnel have just completed a project which saw a ruined cinema at a logistics base in southern Iraq brought back to life. |
| 21 Apr 06 | Soldiers in Iraq are to recreate history as they celebrate St George's Day on the same spot as their forebears did during World War Two.
Superfit RAF policeman Sergeant Max Tate is to run Sunday's 'London' marathon in hot and dusty Basra �?before reporting for duty at his usual start time of 0830 hrs. |
| 20 Apr 06 | British troops have been helping Iraqi Border Police unveil their latest weapon against smugglers �?six fast marsh patrol boats. |
| 19 Apr 06 | The Basra Joint Training Academy is currently training 300 Iraqi police officers to be part of the elite City Reaction Force (CRF). Once fully trained the officers will deploy into the city as the Public Order Unit for Basra, ready to calm a crowd or bring the local population to order.
Soldiers from the Scots Dragoon Guards Battlegroup who are deployed on operations in Iraq did their bit for charity by raising $3,500 for struggling local painters and sculptors during an Arts Fair at camp Abu Naji in Al Amarah. |
| 18 Apr 06 | Aircraft from the Joint Helicopter Force (JHF), based at Basra International Airport, are working hard supporting coalition operations in southern Iraq.
British troops in southern Iraq are helping local farmers combat a new enemy �?a deadly bug that threatens to decimate the area's date crop. |
| 15 Apr 06 | It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Lieutenant Richard Palmer of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards following an attack in Southern Iraq. |
| 10 Apr 06 | British troops in Iraq have built the country's first crazy golf course in their mess at Basrah Air Station. |
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