By late January/early February, the British peacekeeping forces were being helicoptered from Beirut to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Reliant for a night’s sleep twice a week. On 8 February, the entire force was redeployed, first to Reliant and then to Akrotiri. By the beginning of March, the flats in Hadath had been completely evacuated. The Buccaneer Detachment began planning its return to Lossiemouth, all six aircraft eventually flying home on 26 March, staging through Sigonella and Nice.


In all, the deployment had lasted 6½ months during which the Buccaneers had flown 733 hours 55 minutes on PULSATOR-related sorties.


On their departure from Akrotiri, the GOC Cyprus, Maj Gen Sir Desmond Langley, said: ‘The Buccaneers provided a vital part of the force required for peacekeeping operations in the Lebanon and the detachment from Lossiemouth has been most professional.’



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