12 December - Simon Bates takes his Smooth Radio Breakfast show to Afghanistan for a week of programmes with British troops from Camp Bastion.
Up to nine aircraft operate from Camp Bastion and conduct five flights per day, accumulating a combined 70 hours of surveillance coverage.
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In September 2012, while VMA-211 was deployed to Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, the Taliban attacked and destroyed several of the squadron's Harrier aircraft.