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of Ibri), and another squadron (B ) came from Sharjah on 24 July 1957. The Force was
given the name Carter force, and had consisted of the following: 7
(1). Tac HQ
(2). One Troop of Hussars of armored cars.
(3). TOS three Squadrons
(4). One Squadron of Sultan’s Frontier Regiment
(5). Political & Air Contact team.

Col. Carter on the left in 1961

Fourth Step: Involvement of British land forces
Even though Britain tried to avoid using her land force in the Jebal Akhdar (Green
Mountain) war, but came to the conclusion that some detachment had to be involved
such as Cameronians troops coming from Kenya and Bahrain. Furthermore, some other
British infantry were deployed to Oman such as Hussars 13/18, and one squadron of
Life Guards. Later on, the British commanding the Sultans’ Forces, Colonel Smiley, had
requested for additional troops mainly from a Special Air Service unit that were more
(8)
capable with the mountain warfare .

Fifth: RAF Role
The RAF had played important role in the Green Mountain from the beginning to
the end in 1960. If it was not for the RAF, the war could have taken another direction

7 . Mann, Ob. Cit., P. 88.
8 . Operations in Muscat and Oman 1952-1959. Restricted. Prepared by Historical Section of Army Department
Library, Ministry of Defence, Whitehall. S.W.1. July, 1964. P., 22.