Operation Herrick order of battle

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This is the Operation Herrick order of battle, which lists the British forces that have taken part in the duration of Operation Herrick between 2002 and 2014

Ground Forces

Kabul

Operation Herrick began in 2002 on the end of Operation Fingal, which saw Britain hand command of the ISAF force to Turkey. At that point, the deployment was scaled back from 2,100 to approximately 300, primarily concerned with security in Kabul, and manning the UK Afghan National Army Training Team (UKANATT).

In 2003, the deployment in Kabul was expanded to battalion size when two Provincial Reconstruction Teams were established, along with a rapid reaction force, based around a light role infantry battalion, the Afghanistan Roulement Infantry Battalion (ARIB).

ARIB Deployments[citation needed]

Helmand

In January 2006, the Government announced that, due to the worsening situation in the south of Afghanistan, a brigade sized formation numbering approximately 3,300, Task Force Helmand, would be deployed to Helmand Province.[1]

Operation Herrick IV

May – November 2006:

Operation Herrick V

November 2006 - April 2007:[4]

Operation Herrick VI

April – October 2007:[6]

In February 2007, it was announced that an additional 1,400 troops would be deployed to Afghanistan, primarily formed as a battlegroup around a light infantry battalion, the 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh (Royal Welch Fusiliers).
*Renamed as 2nd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment (Worcesters and Foresters) 01/09/07

Operation Herrick VII

October 2007 - April 2008:[8][9]

Operation Herrick VIII

April – October 2008:[10]

*Elements of the Theatre Reserve Battalion, 2nd Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires) were deployed in support of both 16 Air Assault Brigade and 3 Commando Brigade

Operation Herrick IX

October 2008 - April 2009:[11]

Operation Herrick X

April – October 2009:[12]

Operation Herrick XI

October 2009 - April 2010:[13][14]

In October 2009, the total force was increased to 9,000 personnel with the addition of several other units:

Operation Herrick XII

April - October 2010:[15]

Operation Herrick XIII

October 2010 - April 2011:[16]

Operation Herrick XIV

April – October 2011:[17][18]

Operation Herrick XV

October 2011 - April 2012:[20][21]

Operation Herrick XVI

April - October 2012:[22]

Operation Herrick XVII

October 2012 - April 2013:[24]

Operation Herrick XVIII

April – October 2013:[25][26]

Operation Herrick XIX

October 2013 - June 2014:[27]

Operation Herrick XX

June 2014 - December 2014:[28]

Logistic Support

Supporting the UK force is HQ Joint Force Support (Afghanistan)(JFSp(A)). This 1* headquarters has commands the Theatre Logistics Group, Theatre Provost Group, Theatre Medical Group and Theatre Equipment Support Group. It also includes elements of the Engineer Group, coordinated by the Joint Force Engineer.[citation needed] These force elements are split between Kandahar Airfield and Camp Bastion. JFSp(A) is a joint command and currently the HQ is made up of 101 Logistic Brigade staff and augmentees.

Aerial Assets

Mixed operators

The Westland Lynx AH.7/9/9A was used in Afghanistan by both the Army Air Corps and the Fleet Air Arm. With the Army Air Corps (AAC) it was operated by both 1 and 9 Regiments and with the Fleet Air Arm it was only used by 847 Naval Air Squadron (NAS).

Year January - May May - September September - January
2006
2007
2008 847 NAS[29]
2009 847 NAS[29]
2010 672 Sqn/9 Regt AAC[30] 659/9 Regt AAC
2011 847 NAS[29]
2012
2013 847 NAS[31] 661/1 Regt AAC[31]
2014

Army Air Corps

The Army Air Corps operated the AgustaWestland AH.1 Apache and the Westland Lynx AH.7/9/9A in Afghanistan.

The AgustaWestland AH.1 Apache was operated by 3, 4 and pre September 2007 9 Regiment

Year January - May May - September September - January
2006 N/A 656 Sqn/9 Regt 664/9 Regt
2007 656/9 Regt 664/9 Regt 662/3 Regt
2008 663/3 Regt 664/4 Regt 654/4 Regt
2009 656/4 Regt 662/3 Regt 663/3 Regt
2010 653/3 Regt[32] 664/4 Regt 654/4 Regt
2011 662/3 Regt 663/3 Regt 653/3 Regt[33]
2012 654/4 Regt[34] 664/4 Regt[34] 662/3 Regt[35]
2013 663/3 Regt 653/3 Regt[36] 654/4 Regt[37]
2014 664/4 Regt[38] 664/4 Regt 662/3 Regt

The Westland Lynx AH.7/9/9A's were also used by the Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing of which 657 Squadron was part of. The squadron was deployed to Kandahar at least once during 2014 where one of its Lynxes was lost with along with the entire crew.[39]

Royal Air Force

The air component of British forces assigned to Operation Herrick was based at Kandahar Airfield and came under the overall command of 904 Expeditionary Air Wing. In August 2004, Britain announced that 6 Royal Air Force British Aerospace Harrier GR.7 jets from No. 3 Squadron would deploy to Afghanistan, marking the first time RAF ground-attack jets have been deployed to the country. They fully arrived in September.

File:Flickr - DVIDSHUB - Operation Herrick.jpg
British aircraftmen from B Flight, 27 Squadron, RAF Regiment take a break whilst on a combat misson near Kandahar Airfield, 2 January 2010

Also under the command of 904 EAW were a number of ground based units of both the Army and RAF:

Fleet Air Arm

Elements of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm squadrons regularly rotated with each tour.

The ASaC7 version of the Westland Sea King has been in use in Afghanistan since May 2009.[50]

References

Citations

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