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The Tropical Experimental Unit was based at Khartoum, Sudan. In 1954 it moved to RAF Idris, nr Tripoli, Libya and was renamed the Overseas Experimental Unit. It closed in 1966. The unit staff consisted of 10 airmen of various trades under the command of an RAF Flt Lt. It supported trials teams from A&AEE Boscombe Down doing "hot and high" and other trials on new to service aircraft. It also supported parachute trials, both fixed and steerable canopies, carried out over the plain of Azizzia south of RAF Idris.