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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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Last post by ian16th
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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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Fri Mar 15, 2019 3:46 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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Last post by Krystal n Chips
Mon Mar 11, 2019 9:46 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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Last post by Cacophonix
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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Last post by Cacophonix
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
Israeli's prove their skill and how tough the F-15 is, again!

Last post by Cacophonix « Thu Jan 10, 2019 5:20 pm
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by Cacophonix » Wed Jan 09, 2019 6:33 pm

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Two Israel Air Force pilots carried out an emergency landing after their F-15 fighter jet lost its cockpit canopy during a training exercise at 9,000...

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Completely, and tragically off topic, South African aerobatic champion, Nick Turvey (aka Topsy Turvey) hit and killed a cameraman in an incident...

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Last post by Cacophonix
Thu Jan 10, 2019 5:20 pm
International Strategy

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by Sisemen » Mon Jan 07, 2019 1:56 pm

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Mon Jan 07, 2019 1:56 pm
Kipper Fleet

Last post by 1DC « Sun Jan 06, 2019 2:28 pm
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by ian16th » Thu Jan 03, 2019 9:28 am

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Nimrod's? Shacklebombers?

The RAF will provide aerial surveillance to track boats trying to make the crossing. Ministry of Defence sources said...

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Nobody directly involved will get any credit, if it is a success then the politicians will line up for the credit. If the press can think up anything...

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Last post by 1DC
Sun Jan 06, 2019 2:28 pm
The Arms Race

Last post by Pontius Navigator « Fri Dec 28, 2018 8:45 am
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by Boac » Thu Dec 27, 2018 5:33 pm

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The new Russian ICBM looks like a killer! Mach 20.......... That'll make the Chump's day!

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Wasn't FOBS designed to counter BMEWS?

Weren't IR Sats designed to counter FOBS?

So short burn is designed to counter IRS.

Attack and defence, the...

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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Fri Dec 28, 2018 8:45 am
MBDA Meteor Missile now operational with the RAF

Last post by AtomKraft « Thu Dec 27, 2018 2:54 pm
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by Cacophonix » Mon Dec 10, 2018 5:32 am

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It is reported that RAF Typhoon aircraft equipped with the MBDA Meteor missile were involved in a classified incident in or near UK airspace last...

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Thanks Cackers. All very interesting stuff.

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Last post by AtomKraft
Thu Dec 27, 2018 2:54 pm
Modern Warfare.

Last post by 4mastacker « Sun Dec 23, 2018 11:04 pm
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by Alisoncc » Sun Dec 23, 2018 6:55 pm

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I find it quite astonishing that the UK military have been unable to take out the few hundred quid drone that paralysed Gatwick. I admit that the...

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I think you're right Alison. The world has changed so much in recent years, and it's very clear that there are those who have no respect for...

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Last post by 4mastacker
Sun Dec 23, 2018 11:04 pm
F-35

Last post by Boac « Sat Nov 24, 2018 9:47 am
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by ExSp33db1rd » Fri May 11, 2018 5:22 am
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Friend has just sent me this video of the F-35

Question - what is the purpose of that huge door behind the cockpit ? If it is related to vertical...

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My only experience of 'Harrier on Carrier' was the BRIEFING I had about landing on (I never deployed). When one arrives alongside a landing site it...
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Last post by Boac
Sat Nov 24, 2018 9:47 am
Ration Books

Last post by fareastdriver « Fri Nov 09, 2018 7:33 pm
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by ian16th » Fri Nov 09, 2018 8:03 am

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When I took the Queens shilling in 1952, I handed in my Ration Book.

When I was demobbed in 1965, I didn't get it back.

Should I complain?

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That was Aston Martin from Newport Pagnell. They would do a max chat production test drive early Sunday mornings.

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Last post by fareastdriver
Fri Nov 09, 2018 7:33 pm
Tour of Brize Norton

Last post by G-CPTN « Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:38 pm

by G-CPTN » Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:38 pm

First episode of seven:-

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Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:38 pm
Belgian F-16's own goal.

Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana « Mon Oct 15, 2018 11:06 am
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by 4mastacker » Sat Oct 13, 2018 5:40 pm

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Oh dear!!

Belgian F-16 NDs

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I was told that someone commented
Well, I guess we don't need to see the film after the Phantom shot down the Jag in Germany ;)))

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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Mon Oct 15, 2018 11:06 am
Low Pass

Last post by Cacophonix « Tue Oct 02, 2018 9:47 am
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by FD2 » Tue Oct 02, 2018 4:50 am

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This one gets the commentator excited!

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Ian Smith was a Spitfire pilot in WW2, as we all know. Badly burned during the war for his pains too.

After a year's training at Gwelo under the...

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Last post by Cacophonix
Tue Oct 02, 2018 9:47 am
Jobs boost as British fighter jet plan takes off

Last post by Jetex Jim « Mon Sep 03, 2018 9:44 am
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by Alisoncc » Sun Jul 15, 2018 10:01 am

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Sunday Times reporting:

Jobs boost as British fighter jet plan takes off
The commitment to develop a sixth-generation manned fighter is expected to...

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Is the UK’s proposed new fighter jet a pipe dream? -

Interesting that Leonardo, the Italian company that now owns the UKs radar industry should...

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Last post by Jetex Jim
Mon Sep 03, 2018 9:44 am
US Navy selects builder for MQ25 aerial refueling drone

Last post by Alisoncc « Fri Aug 31, 2018 1:48 am
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by Wilco » Fri Aug 31, 2018 12:44 am

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Fri Aug 31, 2018 1:48 am
What Use Them?

Last post by ian16th « Thu Aug 30, 2018 3:07 pm

by ian16th » Thu Aug 30, 2018 3:07 pm

If they are used they'll get dirty!

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Thu Aug 30, 2018 3:07 pm
The secret world of NORAD

Last post by Wilco « Tue Aug 28, 2018 10:54 pm

by Wilco » Tue Aug 28, 2018 10:54 pm

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Tue Aug 28, 2018 10:54 pm
Stray missile

Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana « Sun Aug 12, 2018 5:13 pm
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by probes » Thu Aug 09, 2018 10:01 pm
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Air-to-air missile 'accidentally fired' by Spanish Typhoon jet over Estonia

Luckily, no casualties, but how does it happen?
The Eurofighter...

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I would guess they are using ground penetrating radar, microwave region. That is severely hampered by wet soils like clay. I suspect there's a bit of...
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Sun Aug 12, 2018 5:13 pm

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