It was used during the Falklands conflict, and has been used in humanitarian aid missions.

Despite her youth, she had already led two successful aid missions, the first when she was only seventeen.

These changes to the traditional force posture in the region have allowed the commitment of a large military contingent to the aid mission.

The Russian forces denied access to some humanitarian aid missions seeking to assist civilians.

So are an American humanitarian aid mission and a technical team looking for missing servicemen.

In 1964, he moved to Turkey to head the American aid mission there.

President Bachelet is reported to have sent an aid mission to the remote island.

"It's not clear to me we need all those aid missions overseas acting like second State Departments."

It used to be a holiday resort but this trip will be about keeping troops involved in the aid mission supplied with all they need.

Singapore's defence resources have also been used for international humanitarian aid missions.