18,500-Mile Flight
(N.Z P A Reuter—Copyright) • LONDON. Jan. 6. 1 Fighter aircraft of the Royal ] 5 Air Force are on a round trip! '• to Singapore and back to f prove that Britain can still provide quick, effective air - power in areas thousands of! '• miles away. In an air-to-air refuelling' ! exercise, 10 Mk 6 Lightnings , are making the 18,500-mile. , flight to the Far East and back I in spite of the fact that the ■ Lightning is basically a short s range, high-performance inter , ceptor. • The fighters, flying in pairs f and supported by 16 air tank- - ers based along the route, will] - have to refuel about once an hour, and sometimes at night ] 1 The first Lightnings will f; arrive in Singapore on Wed ] elnesday and the entire squad e]ron by Friday. The R.A.F. hopes to show I that its fighter aircraft can] J]reach anywhere in the old] d Commonwealth commitment area within four days.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31880, 7 January 1969, Page 11
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