The British Army 16 Regiment Royal Artillery's changing of the colours parade on 27 January to mark the official transition from the Rapier FSC to Sky Sabre. (Crown copyright/MoD/Sgt Robert Weideman)

The British Army's 16 Regiment Royal Artillery held a changing of the colours parade on 27 January to mark the official transition from the Rapier Field Standard C (FSC) air defence system to the modern Sky Sabre system, 7 Air Defence Group commander Colonel Graham Taylor tweeted.

Although the ceremony marked the formal introduction of Sky Sabre into UK service, it has been on operational deployment for several months. Col Taylor visited the Falkland Islands in October to attend a ceremony in Stanley to mark the formal retirement of Rapier from service and the informal initial operational capability of Sky Sabre, with 30 Battery (Rogers's Company), which had operated Rapier, handing over the Falklands deployment to 32 (Minden) Battery that operates Sky Sabre.

The British Army 16 Regiment Royal Artillery's changing of the colours parade on 27 January to mark the official transition from the Rapier FSC to Sky Sabre. (Crown copyright/MoD/Sgt Robert Weideman)

The British Army's 16 Regiment Royal Artillery held a changing of the colours parade on 27 January to mark the official transition from the Rapier Field Standard C (FSC) air defence system to the modern Sky Sabre system, 7 Air Defence Group commander Colonel Graham Taylor tweeted.

Although the ceremony marked the formal introduction of Sky Sabre into UK service, it has been on operational deployment for several months. Col Taylor visited the Falkland Islands in October to attend a ceremony in Stanley to mark the formal retirement of Rapier from service and the informal initial operational capability of Sky Sabre, with 30 Battery (Rogers's Company), which had operated Rapier, handing over the Falklands deployment to 32 (Minden) Battery that operates Sky Sabre.

The British Army 16 Regiment Royal Artillery's changing of the colours parade on 27 January to mark the official transition from the Rapier FSC to Sky Sabre. (Crown copyright/MoD/Sgt Robert Weideman)

The British Army's 16 Regiment Royal Artillery held a changing of the colours parade on 27 January to mark the official transition from the Rapier Field Standard C (FSC) air defence system to the modern Sky Sabre system, 7 Air Defence Group commander Colonel Graham Taylor tweeted.

Although the ceremony marked the formal introduction of Sky Sabre into UK service, it has been on operational deployment for several months. Col Taylor visited the Falkland Islands in October to attend a ceremony in Stanley to mark the formal retirement of Rapier from service and the informal initial operational capability of Sky Sabre, with 30 Battery (Rogers's Company), which had operated Rapier, handing over the Falklands deployment to 32 (Minden) Battery that operates Sky Sabre.

The British Army 16 Regiment Royal Artillery's changing of the colours parade on 27 January to mark the official transition from the Rapier FSC to Sky Sabre. (Crown copyright/MoD/Sgt Robert Weideman)

The British Army's 16 Regiment Royal Artillery held a changing of the colours parade on 27 January to mark the official transition from the Rapier Field Standard C (FSC) air defence system to the modern Sky Sabre system, 7 Air Defence Group commander Colonel Graham Taylor tweeted.

Although the ceremony marked the formal introduction of Sky Sabre into UK service, it has been on operational deployment for several months. Col Taylor visited the Falkland Islands in October to attend a ceremony in Stanley to mark the formal retirement of Rapier from service and the informal initial operational capability of Sky Sabre, with 30 Battery (Rogers's Company), which had operated Rapier, handing over the Falklands deployment to 32 (Minden) Battery that operates Sky Sabre.

The British Army 16 Regiment Royal Artillery's changing of the colours parade on 27 January to mark the official transition from the Rapier FSC to Sky Sabre. (Crown copyright/MoD/Sgt Robert Weideman)

The British Army's 16 Regiment Royal Artillery held a changing of the colours parade on 27 January to mark the official transition from the Rapier Field Standard C (FSC) air defence system to the modern Sky Sabre system, 7 Air Defence Group commander Colonel Graham Taylor tweeted.

Although the ceremony marked the formal introduction of Sky Sabre into UK service, it has been on operational deployment for several months. Col Taylor visited the Falkland Islands in October to attend a ceremony in Stanley to mark the formal retirement of Rapier from service and the informal initial operational capability of Sky Sabre, with 30 Battery (Rogers's Company), which had operated Rapier, handing over the Falklands deployment to 32 (Minden) Battery that operates Sky Sabre.

The British Army 16 Regiment Royal Artillery's changing of the colours parade on 27 January to mark the official transition from the Rapier FSC to Sky Sabre. (Crown copyright/MoD/Sgt Robert Weideman)

The British Army's 16 Regiment Royal Artillery held a changing of the colours parade on 27 January to mark the official transition from the Rapier Field Standard C (FSC) air defence system to the modern Sky Sabre system, 7 Air Defence Group commander Colonel Graham Taylor tweeted.

Although the ceremony marked the formal introduction of Sky Sabre into UK service, it has been on operational deployment for several months. Col Taylor visited the Falkland Islands in October to attend a ceremony in Stanley to mark the formal retirement of Rapier from service and the informal initial operational capability of Sky Sabre, with 30 Battery (Rogers's Company), which had operated Rapier, handing over the Falklands deployment to 32 (Minden) Battery that operates Sky Sabre.