Ultimate Force
TV Series (2002-2006)
Starring:
Ross Kemp (Staff Sergeant Henry "Henno" Garvie)
Miles Anderson (Colonel Aidan Dempsey)
Jamie Draven (Corporal Jamie Dow)
Christopher Fox (Corporal Louis Hoffman)
Elliot Cowan (Corporal Jem Poynton)
Heather Peace (Corporal Becca Gallagher)
Action-packed drama following the missions of the Red Troop from the elite SAS, lead by Henno Garvie.
Series One
Agusta A-109
Used by Red Troop in episodes 1.01 The Killing House, 1.03 Natural Selection and 1.04 Breakout.
All of these captures are from episode 1.01.
Another is seen in episode 4.01 The Changing of the Guard as a military helicopter searching for kidnappers. When they see it they shoot it down with an RPG.
Series Two
Agusta-Bell 206B JetRanger II
At the end of 2.06 Dead is Forever, Red Troop use this helicopter to leave a Diamond Mine where they have been involved in a fire fight. An obvious goof is despite the fact that the episode was set in an unnamed Soviet country the British registration is visible.
Registration G-FEZZ. Serial number 8317.
Aérospatiale AS355F1 Ecureuil II
The second of the two helicopters used to extract Red Troop at the end of Dead is Forever which also has a visible British mark.
Registration G-BOSN. Serial number 5256.
Boeing Chinook
Seen earlier in 2.06 Dead is Forever. It is seen above Red Troop supposedly carrying enemy troops.
Series Three
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10
An armed terrorist cell protesting about the Chinese occupation of Tibet hijack this jet in episode 3.01 Deadlier Than the Male and hold it and its passengers at gunpoint on the runway. Red Troop have to get onboard and defeat the terrorists.
In the colours of made for movie airline Oriental Airlines and with the fictitious registration M-BPPL it is really G-DPSP formerly of Airtours International and MyTravel Airways.
Also seen in the background, another DC-10 almost identical to the one in the main plot.
Agusta A-109A
Used by Red Troop to fly to the airport where the DC-10 has been hijacked. Registration G-USTB and Serial number 7163.
G-USTB also puts in an appearance in ep 4.05 Slow Bomb when it is used by Red Troop to fly into the City of London.
Boeing 747
Three are visible.
Boeing 777-200ER
Again from Deadlier than the Male.
Another Boeing 777, this time from El Al Israel Airlines.
Airbus A330-223
From 3.01 Deadlier than the Male.
Airbus A321-112
Again from Deadlier than the Male.
Of Alitalia.
Airbus A340-313
From 3.01 Deadlier than the Male.
Of Virgin Atlantic Airways.
Various Aircraft
From 3.01 Deadlier than the Male. Flying over is an Agusta A-109. From left to right on the apron: South African Airways Boeing 747-300; Cathay Pacific Airways Airbus A340-642; South African Airways Airbus A340-642.
Series Four
Lockheed C-130 Hercules
Used by Red Troop in 4.01 The Changing of the Guard to parachute into a former soviet state.
Note that two different aircraft are depicted as one as illustrated by the two differing modexes worn in images 1 and 2. Images 3 and 4 show another Hercules used later on.
Also seen in 4.03 The Dividing Line.
As well as this a Hercules is seen in the opening titles of Series Four.
Bell 206 JetRanger
Seen in 4.02 Charlie Bravo it is seen parked at the base of a drugs cartel. Henno blows it up with a grenade launcher to prevent the bad guys escaping.
Boeing AH-64 Apache
From 4.03 The Dividing Line. This (CGI?) helicopter is used to assault an al-Qaeda training camp along with Red Troop and US Special ops on the ground.
Bell UH-1 Iroquois
4.03 The Dividing Line. Used by Red Troop and US special ops to exfiltrate from Afghanistan.
Eurocopter AS355 Ecureuil 2
4.04 Violent Solutions. A TV Newscopter seen watching over an armed siege on a double deck bus.
Boeing 747-436
4.05 Slow Bomb. Seen landing at an airport.
Boeing 777-223/ER
4.05 Slow Bomb.
Boeing 767-336/ER
4.05 Slow Bomb.
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