Operation Trent

DATE: 15/12/2022

TIME (GMT): 19:00

ERA: Modern

MAP(S): Anizay

TYPE: COOP

GAME: Arma 3

EVENT: Official

AUTHOR(S): Jarvis for Brothers in Arms

SLOTS: 86 / 127

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RATING: (33)

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Following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US by al-Qaeda, the US and the United Kingdom began the invasion of Afghanistan on 7 October 2001, to dismantle and destroy al-Qaeda and to deny it a safe base of operations in Afghanistan by removing the Taliban from power.  

In October 2001, A Sqn and G Sqn of 22 SAS deployed to north west Afghanistan in support of OEF-A under the command of United States Central Command (CENTCOM). After political intersession with Prime minister Tony Blair, the SAS were given a direct-action task – the destruction of an al-Qaeda-linked opium processing plant. This operation would play a greater role in the goal of reducing the influence of the Taliban with Kandahar / Helmand Provence, along with reducing the offensive capability of the al-Qaeda militants operating within the region.

It is the morning of the 23rd of October, 2001, L Detachment of the 22nd Special Air Service Regiment is prepared to be inserted into the Registan desert to perform a raid on key Taliban sites in order to hinder their operations within Kandahar Provence, with No. 7 Squadron RAF deploying a flight of Harrier aircraft to destroy an opium storage site.