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Cat 5 damage to C130

Last post by AtomKraft « Fri May 24, 2019 3:33 pm
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by ricardian » Thu May 23, 2019 5:02 pm

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Interesting report fatigue or not?

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178 pages to say, 'late flare, hard landing'.

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Fri May 24, 2019 3:33 pm
RNZAF - Buying yourself out

Last post by Sisemen « Thu May 23, 2019 2:42 am

by Sisemen » Thu May 23, 2019 2:42 am

Odd query but maybe somebody out there can help.

I presume that the RNZAF has the ability for its members to ‘buy themselves out’ but, like every...

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Thu May 23, 2019 2:42 am
Jeff Bolton pictures of the B2 cockpit

Last post by k3k3 « Thu May 02, 2019 9:27 pm
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by OFSO » Wed May 01, 2019 8:15 pm

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Notice the guarded red reset displays switch, upper right corner of central display. Wonder how stable the displays have been since Block 2 was...

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Hook, line and sinker.

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Thu May 02, 2019 9:27 pm
New Zealand statue for Sir Keith Park

Last post by ian16th « Tue Apr 30, 2019 11:51 am
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by FD2 » Tue Apr 30, 2019 12:13 am

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Statue unveiled in Thames to local man Sir Keith Park who ran Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain:

Better late than never here and...

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Didn't Leigh Mallory advise Eisenhower that the D-Day losses of UK & US airborne troops would be astronomical, and after the event having been proved...

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Tue Apr 30, 2019 11:51 am
Russians step up the 'probing' flights

Last post by Boac « Wed Apr 24, 2019 1:54 pm
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by Boac » Fri Apr 05, 2019 9:39 am

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A news article tells me that 2 Tu-160s flew a 13hour air-refuelled flights down into the North Sea, duly intercepted on the way by NATO including the...

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No sir, interceptions mostly, so you could sleep safe in your bed :))

One or two transits, and yes, we normally flew a weave to try and stay with...

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Wed Apr 24, 2019 1:54 pm
RAF to get Boeing E-7 AEW&C

Last post by Krystal n Chips « Mon Apr 15, 2019 8:54 am
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by 4mastacker » Fri Mar 22, 2019 7:13 pm

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Some new toys for the RAF. Replacement for the E-3D Sentry.

Wedgetail for the RAF

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Is that the same highly skilled workforce who despite the warnings from Lockheed proceeded to jack up a Tristar (ex-BA) with the intention of...

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Last post by Krystal n Chips
Mon Apr 15, 2019 8:54 am
FFS!

Last post by llondel « Mon Apr 08, 2019 2:58 pm
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by Sisemen » Mon Apr 08, 2019 7:27 am

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One question .... how do these dickheads get promoted?

Don’t bother, it was a rhetorical question. I KNOW how this kind of feckwit rises to the...

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Perhaps the perpetrator could be air-dropped over the next bridge so he can examine the problem close-up? (From altitude, no parachute.)

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Mon Apr 08, 2019 2:58 pm
Red under Paignton Pier

Last post by Rossian « Sat Apr 06, 2019 3:56 pm
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by izod tester » Tue Apr 02, 2019 1:12 pm

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Published at 0900 yesterday morning, but a nice picture anyway.

Red under pier

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.....and the Welsh bit translates as April first ......

The Ancient Mariner

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Last post by Rossian
Sat Apr 06, 2019 3:56 pm
B52 look "just like" B17 bombers...

Last post by llondel « Mon Apr 01, 2019 2:57 pm
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by OFSO » Sun Mar 31, 2019 6:10 pm

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According to the Daily Mail today, WW-2 B-52 bombers looked just like B-17 bombers as they flew back in English skies from an exercise over Norway....

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According to the Daily Mail today, WW-2 B-52 bombers looked just like B-17 bombers as they flew back in English skies from an exercise over Norway....

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Mon Apr 01, 2019 2:57 pm
Don't buy a Rafale Ticket.......

Last post by boing « Sat Mar 30, 2019 3:33 pm
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by Boac » Fri Mar 22, 2019 9:21 pm

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Some poor 64 year-old 'civilian' was strapped into a FAF Rafale at Saint-Dizier for a flight but somehow managed to be ejected during the take-off...

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One major problem that I thought was pretty stupid and could have been easily fixed is that different commands had different ejection seat safety...

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Sat Mar 30, 2019 3:33 pm
Red Arrows' tour of USA announced for 2019

Last post by 4mastacker « Tue Mar 19, 2019 4:06 pm
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by Boac » Mon Oct 22, 2018 12:41 pm

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MOD has announced a 9 week tour 'next year'.

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Slight thread drift.

Eeny, meeny, miney, mo!

Place your bets please.

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Last post by 4mastacker
Tue Mar 19, 2019 4:06 pm
Tornado final return

Last post by ian16th « Sun Mar 17, 2019 10:21 am
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by Woody » Tue Feb 05, 2019 9:33 pm

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Sad news, especially for Fox3

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Do we know if one is going to kept serviceable for airshows, such as they are these days thanks to Andy.

Adding one, or even two, to the BoB...

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Sun Mar 17, 2019 10:21 am
Tools, trash and loose objects.

Last post by Pontius Navigator « Fri Mar 15, 2019 3:46 pm
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by Alisoncc » Fri Mar 15, 2019 1:44 pm

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(CNN)In a blistering attack on Boeing, the Air Force's top acquisition official said the company has a severe situation with flawed inspections of...

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Touching on Boeing and undocumented items.

On the roof of the Vulcan cabin was a mysterious black panel fastened with a Zeus fastener. When we...

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Fri Mar 15, 2019 3:46 pm
Mull of Kintyre crash

Last post by Boac « Thu Mar 14, 2019 2:16 pm
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by Boac » Fri Jan 25, 2019 6:13 pm
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Those familiar with the appalling handling of the enquiry by MOD may wish to sign a petition to prevent MOD DESTROYING documents relating to the...

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See Mil thread 'sticky'..
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Last post by Boac
Thu Mar 14, 2019 2:16 pm
The 'hanger' requirement for the F-35

Last post by Krystal n Chips « Mon Mar 11, 2019 9:46 am
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by ian16th » Fri Mar 08, 2019 12:57 pm

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I have just read this about the requirements for servicing the F-35.

It says to me that if needed somewhere 'ot and sandy in a hurry, it ain't going...

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Good news for the construction sector then...... M.o.D announces new HAS programme ! ( which will result in a hardened tent once the procurement...

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Mon Mar 11, 2019 9:46 am
MFTS - Another "success" story?

Last post by Undried Plum « Thu Mar 07, 2019 10:35 pm
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by 4mastacker » Tue Mar 05, 2019 8:28 am
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I mistakenly put this in the 'Military Nostalgia' thread.

The BBC have picked up that the Flying Training contract might be under-performing . So...

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both the clinical psychiatrists.

There is only one. You are imagining the other one.

Which one is the real one is the difficult problem.
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Thu Mar 07, 2019 10:35 pm
Ministry of Peace and Truth

Last post by Undried Plum « Thu Mar 07, 2019 10:33 am

by Undried Plum » Thu Mar 07, 2019 10:33 am

The honestly named War Office morphed into an Orwellian coalescence of the Ministry of Truth and the Ministry of Peace.

The latest pronouncement...

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Thu Mar 07, 2019 10:33 am
An interesting move.........

Last post by Cacophonix « Fri Mar 01, 2019 1:50 pm
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by ian16th » Wed Feb 27, 2019 3:12 pm

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.........by a US company.

Developing an asset with no US content so that it can be sold world wide, bypassing US government approvals.

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Wasn't this squadron the first in the RAF to have a girly Commander?

Caco

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Fri Mar 01, 2019 1:50 pm
It ain't 'arf hot mum

Last post by Cacophonix « Wed Feb 27, 2019 2:29 pm
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by Boac » Wed Feb 27, 2019 8:13 am

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2 IAF jets shot down by Pakistan

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Pakistan says it has shot down two Indian military jets and captured a pilot in a major escalation between the nuclear powers over Kashmir.

India...

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Wed Feb 27, 2019 2:29 pm
Funeral of Bomber Command signaller

Last post by ricardian « Wed Feb 20, 2019 10:54 pm
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by ricardian » Tue Feb 12, 2019 8:16 pm

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From Paul Capper (Funeral Director):

George Peter Osborne died in Southampton General Hospital on the 20th January 2019 aged 96 years. Sadly his...

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Hundreds of people have packed out a chapel for the funeral of an RAF veteran with no surviving family .

It's stories like this that just make my...

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Last post by ricardian
Wed Feb 20, 2019 10:54 pm
Indian Air Force display team prang

Last post by Ex-Ascot « Tue Feb 19, 2019 3:49 pm

by Ex-Ascot » Tue Feb 19, 2019 3:49 pm

Why do these second rate military display teams think that they can carry out maneuvers that they are clearly not capable of.

Also look at the ranks...

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Tue Feb 19, 2019 3:49 pm
Maestro O'Malley

Last post by Cacophonix « Mon Feb 18, 2019 6:47 pm
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by Boac » Sat Feb 16, 2019 4:45 pm

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The USAF Colonel who has 'removed' the leader of the F-16 demo-team, Capt. Zoe Kotnik (for transgressions unknown) made an amusing but particularly...

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Anecdotally I was talking to the lady proprietor at the guest house, I was staying in, in Simon Town about Dan Air's and South Africa's very own...

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Last post by Cacophonix
Mon Feb 18, 2019 6:47 pm
Royal Marines first Lady

Last post by Ex-Ascot « Sun Feb 10, 2019 12:44 pm
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by Ex-Ascot » Sun Feb 10, 2019 9:30 am

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Golly, think I may apply to clean the showers in Lympstone.

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:D
The ladies in green are progressing elsewhere as well

Good for them and why not?

Did a university PR course once and was asked how our...

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Sun Feb 10, 2019 12:44 pm
How many of these will get off the drawing board?

Last post by ian16th « Wed Jan 23, 2019 2:07 pm

by ian16th » Wed Jan 23, 2019 2:07 pm

I suppose today, this should be titled 'How many of these will get out the computer?'

Future flying thingies.

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Last post by ian16th
Wed Jan 23, 2019 2:07 pm
F-35s ready for front-line operations

Last post by ian16th « Sat Jan 12, 2019 3:25 pm
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by CharlieOneSix » Sat Jan 12, 2019 1:34 pm

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Military aviators can now fly the world’s most advanced fighter on front-line missions after the F-35 Lightning was declared operational.

In front...

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Thanks.

The time I've seen the probes extended, I was unaware of them.

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Sat Jan 12, 2019 3:25 pm

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