RAF assists in Caribbean relief effort

United Kingdom RAF Puma HC2 XW217 from No 33 Squadron delivers aid to local residents on the beach of Cane Garden Bay in the British Virgin Islands on September 12. Crown Copyright THE ROYAL Air Force is playing an important role in Operation Ruman, the UK relief efforts following the devastation wreaked in the Caribbean by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. On September 9 a Support Helicopter Task Force comprising two Pumas from RAF Benson, Oxfordshire, was airlifted by C-17A Globemaster