NATO ISAF 2012 velkrö UK FLAG PATCH: British Camp Bastion Helmand Afghanistan

Description: NATO ISAF JSOC JTF 2012 velkrö UK FLAG PATCH: British Camp Bastion Helmand AfghanistanThis is a very special Original (not cheap import copy) ELITE PROFESSIONAL NATO ISAF JSOC JTF 2012 velkrö UK FLAG PATCH: British Camp Bastion Helmand Afghanistan. Please note that there are color variations due to different settings on different PCs and different Monitors. The color shown on your screen may not be the true color. Camp Bastion is the main British military base in Afghanistan. Accommodating 28,000 people, it is situated northwest of Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand Province, and exists to be the logistics hub for operations in Helmand. It is the largest British overseas military camp built since the Second World War. Built in early 2006 by personnel from 39 Engineer Regiment Royal Engineers and various contracting firms, all under the supervision of 62 Works Group Royal Engineers, the camp is situated in a remote desert area, far from population centres. Four miles long by two miles wide, it has a busy airfield and a field hospital and originally had full accommodation for the 2000 men and women. Camp Shorabak began life as Camp Bastion, a tactical landing zone set up by two air traffic controllers from the Royal Air Force's Tactical Air Traffic Control Unit. This provided a vital and strategic insertion point in Helmand Province and unbeknownst to the two controllers, was to be the foundations for Camp Shorabak. The camp started out with just a few tents in 2005.[7] However, from early 2006 personnel from 39 Engineer Regiment Royal Engineers and various contracting firms, all under the supervision of 62 Works Group Royal Engineers started to build the base with more robust facilities. In November 2006, the then British Prime Minister Tony Blair visited Camp Bastion, and, while addressing a gathering of British troops, described it as an "extraordinary piece of desert ... where the fate of world security in the early 21st century is going to be decided". Four miles long by two miles wide, the camp had a busy airfield and a field hospital and originally had full accommodation for 2,000 people. The base was originally named by the Commanding Officer of 62 Works Group (RE) based upon name of the gabions used to form the compounds walls; Hesco Bastion. The first camp to be built was Camp 251 which housed the construction force and they were housed in tents. The first runway capable of handling C-17s direct from the United Kingdom opened in Camp Bastion on 3 December 2007. The base had previously been divided into a number of different sections (bastions). Bastions 1 and 2 were the first, with Bastion 2 containing Camp Barber (US) and Camp Viking (DK). Bastion 0 was added in around 2010 and housed the contractors and Bastion 3 was used for in-theatre training. Camp Bastion included Bastion Airfield, Bastion Garrison and Camp Leatherneck along with Rowe Lines. By September 2014 it was reported that both Bastion 2 and 3 had reverted to desert. Camp Bastion airfield and heliport handled up to 600 fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft movements every day in 2011, operating combat, medical and logistics flights.[5] Its air traffic controllers were integral to the support of the UK's operations in southern Afghanistan and the Air Traffic Control Squadron at Camp Bastion was the first to recruit and train US Marines to UK air traffic control standards.[16] In February 2014, snow fell in Camp Bastion for the first time since the base was established, eight years earlier. The camp was handed over to the control of the Afghan security forces on 26 October 2014. On 27 November 2014, insurgents infiltrated Camp Bastion. As of Sunday 30 November, the Afghan National Army had not fully driven out the "Taliban" fighters. At least five ANA soldiers were killed in the attack. Upon completion of British and US military withdrawal from Camp Bastion, it was renamed Camp Shorabak as this was the name of the Afghan base situated there. In December 2015, it was announced that a small contingency of British troops would return to Camp Shorabak in an advisory role, due to the Taliban overrun of Sangin district in Helmand province. The base was initially home to the Afghan National Army and during Operation Herrick 7 2nd Battalion, the Yorkshire Regiment's Battlegroup HQ The main user of the camp was the United Kingdom which based a number of rotary and a few fixed-wing aircraft. During June 2011 a brand new air traffic control tower was opened which was built by 170 Engineer Group, with Fixed Communications Infrastructure installed by 241 Sig Sqn, 10 Sig Regt. The main aviation unit was No. 903 Expeditionary Air Wing which was responsible for the operation of the airfield and operated the Raytheon Sentinel R1 - Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR) along with Westland Sea King ASACs and Thales Watchkeepers. Joint Helicopter Force (Afghanistan) operated AgustaWestland Apaches, Westland Lynx, Westland Sea Kings, Boeing Chinooks of No. 1310 Flight RAF and AgustaWestland Merlins of No. 1419 Flight RAF. Both RAF Flights performed troop and cargo moves but the Chinook also carried the Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) and Incident Response Teams (IRT). Camp Bastion cost £50m to fully build in 2006 and £300m to destroy it again eight years later. Meanwhile, combat operations in Afghanistan resulted in the deaths of British 453 servicemen and women. In October 2014, British and US troops withdrew from Camp Bastion-Leatherneck in Helmand province, Afghanistan, with the last British and US flags lowered at the base. Most of Britain's combat troops have already left Afghanistan, and almost all will have left by the end of the year. But keeping those troops safe as they leave is now one of the most crucial part in a deployment that has lasted over a decade. 34 Squadron the RAF Regiment has been assigned the task of protecting Camp Bastion in its final stages. For some of the soldiers, this will be their first tour to Afghanistan. Before flying out, Gunners from 34 Squadron went through final training at Stanford Training Area in Norfolk, exercising in a mock Afghan village.The last unit to leave was the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), which began operating in April 2014. U.S. Marines and sailors load onto a KC-130 aircraft on the Camp Bastion flightline, Afghanistan, Oct. 27, 2014. The Marine Corps ended its mission in Helmand province the day prior, and all Marines, sailors and service members from the United Kingdom also withdrew from southwestern Afghanistan. The U.S. troops are assigned to Marine Expeditionary Brigade Afghanistan.The last Marines and British troops flew out in a formation of eight helicopters, with US Marines boarding a C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft headed to Kandahar. EERIE footage reveals a former British army base, which was once thriving with 10,000 of our soldiers, lying deserted and in ruins just two years after being handed over to the Afghan army. Camp Bastion, which was the biggest ever British army base, has been left destroyed amid fears the Taliban could soon overrun it. Taliban forces have been moving closer towards the base in recent weeks and are now in control over half of the Helmand province. The army-base-turned-ghost-town was given to the Afghan government forces as a barracks for troops in October 2014. You will receive the item as shown in the first photo. Other items in other pictures are available from my eBay Store. 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