All systems go as RAF Wittering supports huge Middle East exercise

RAF Wittering is one of the most famous air force bases anywhere in the UK - and was founded at the height of the First World War.

But the mighty 102-year-old RAF station is now at the cutting edge of the British military.

And RAF Wittering has been deploying scores of key personnel to take part in the UK's current high-octane cross-forces exercise in Oman - codenamed Saif Sareea 3.