I was out in the Oman with Airworks in 1976 throught to 1979. I was based at Seeb Air Radio 1st and 2nd line. We had out there, hueys, bac 1-11, strikemasters, hunters, jaguars, skyvans, 206’s, viscounts, cariboo, c-130, falcons, defenders and the odd visitors from R.A.F. and the Navy. I remember the bbq shooting, and the fact that one of the guys managed to swim out to sea, swim around the headland, tab back to base and raise the alarm. When the sas and the scouts went out to the site, there was nothing that they could do for the victims, but they tracked the adoo down and eliminated further threat. I was on detatchment at Kasab at the time where we had our own problems. The fact that all Airworkies had a price on our heads of 10000 Rials at the time didn’t help. If anyone reads this wants any more infomation of those years, or indeed knows me I would like to hear from you.

Regards.
Gary

Hi Gary,I was at Seeb base in 1976,my mate was Bob Harris who i have known since we were kids,he worked on Air Radio,do you remember him! I must say it was the best time of my life,remember after lunch taking the bus to either the beach or down to Muscat.Bob and i would play squash on camp in what we used to call the oven,a building with no windows or air conditioning,do you remember the out door cinema where we took a chair from our room to watch the films screened on the mess all and kep’t a wary eye out for camel spiders,a fond memory was when i went to Muscat with arab friends and on our way back we stopped at a large white house close to camp,the whole family were at the rear of the building and gave permission for me to take photos,i was invited back the following day and dined with the family,afterwards we stood up and they dressed me as an omani and they took photos of me with the family,afterwards i found out that the head of the family was the Wali of Seeb,the mayor of the area,a time in my life that i will never forget and if i had the opportunity i would go back.