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Testing Starstreak
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FD2 » Sat Apr 02, 2022 7:34 pm
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Seems to work OK. It's good to prove these things under combat situations.
Don't know what they used to bag this one but it seems to work OK...
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Yes Llondel, made me wonder. If the Russians are critically low on other resources I bet their use of so many flares in Uk. is going to be...
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Sat Apr 02, 2022 11:05 pm
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Wed Mar 30, 2022 8:40 am
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F-35 Crash On USS Carl Vinson
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PHXPhlyer » Mon Jan 24, 2022 11:10 pm
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7 injured after F-35 jet crashes has inflight mishap on aircraft carrier in South China Sea
(CNN)The pilot of a US F-35 jet ejected as his jet...
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Surely any disciplinary actions regarding the 'leaks' should take place totally separately to accident investigation!
I am not suggesting they are...
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Tue Mar 29, 2022 9:10 am
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Russian submarine collided with British warship part in rare event
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PHXPhlyer » Fri Jan 07, 2022 1:20 am
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Russian submarine collided with British warship part in rare event
(CNN)A Russian submarine being tracked by a British naval warship on patrol...
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Cutting undersea cables would successfully interrupt cyber attacks.
If they can't provide the Army with reliable secure comms, how competent are they...
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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Wed Mar 23, 2022 10:40 pm
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US Osprey Down in Norway
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PHXPhlyer » Sat Mar 19, 2022 12:35 am
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U.S. military aircraft crashes in Norway during exercise, officials say
According to initial reports, four service members were aboard the MV-22...
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I guess if you lose a prop, the only option is to idle the good one?
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Mon Mar 21, 2022 6:10 pm
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Naked Air Marshal
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Ex-Ascot » Mon Feb 14, 2022 5:11 am
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So, he forgot to put his clothes on, so what. I often have to think if we have staff here or not.
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Rumour is he will have lots of time be able to spend more time naked in his garden.
Playing croquet? Plenty of opportunity to bend over for his...
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Fri Mar 18, 2022 12:46 pm
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Eyes in the Sky
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TheGreenGoblin » Wed Apr 21, 2021 10:28 am
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The place for details and history concerning reconnaissance, photographic, observation, S&R and similarly tasked aircraft...
Crew (or not)...
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A little more on Squadron Leader Muhammad Iqbal...
Iqbal.JPG
Another take on a murky story...
Poor Squadron Leader Iqbal was shot down by...
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Mon Mar 14, 2022 10:06 am
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Mirage F-1 fighter aircraft crashed near Luke AFB
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PHXPhlyer » Fri Feb 11, 2022 12:38 am
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Fighter jet from Luke AFB crashes near Buckeye; pilot not seriously hurt
BUCKEYE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5/AP) -- Luke Air Force base officials are...
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NTSB: Luke AFB fighter jet’s engine quit before it crashed in Arizona
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The pilot of a fighter jet operated by a military...
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Sat Mar 05, 2022 1:52 pm
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Wed Mar 02, 2022 11:38 pm
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Sat Feb 26, 2022 6:54 pm
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Holes in runway Brize Norton
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Ex-Ascot » Mon Aug 09, 2021 9:34 am
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Looks like another tendering cock up. It is in Daily Snail speak but there is an article in the DT if you are a subscriber.
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Subsequently I was shown a report from JFK ATC to our local company reps, in which they stated that there was no hole found and the Captain must have...
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Last post by llondel
Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:22 pm
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Armour caused medical problem
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ricardian » Sat Feb 19, 2022 5:18 pm
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Former RAF pilot suing MoD claims body armour ruined his sex life
Louis Warburton was forced to wear 20-kilogram body armour when flying Chinook...
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Much as I sympathise with Warburton's problem I can't help wondering if he's the only pilot claiming that wearing the armour caused this particular...
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Last post by FD2
Sat Feb 19, 2022 7:30 pm
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Sat Dec 18, 2021 8:00 pm
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More Bollox from the Press
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FD2 » Thu Dec 09, 2021 7:27 pm
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The Press make another stupid statement:
Queen welcomes home Royal Navy flagship after longest deployment since WW2 X( :o)
Return of HMS...
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500,000 miles in seven months =~100 MPH :-o :o) =))
I'd like to see a picture of the wake. B-)
OTOH it wouldn't take much extra to launch A/C....
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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Wed Dec 15, 2021 4:55 pm
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Russian Unkrainian Tensions
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k3k3 » Sun Nov 14, 2021 11:53 am
With 90,000 Russian troops on the eastern Ukrainian border, the distraction of Belorussia flying and bussing refugees from the middle east to the...
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Last post by Undried Plum
Sun Dec 05, 2021 9:38 am
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Tue Nov 02, 2021 9:10 pm
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Arson on board a US ship.
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TheGreenGoblin » Wed Oct 20, 2021 9:35 am
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Navy report has concluded there were sweeping failures by commanders, crew members and others that fueled the July 2020 arson...
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I spent a few days on a Type 42 a few years ago and one of the officers was telling me that he spent a bit of time in an exchange posting on one of...
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Last post by tango15
Wed Oct 20, 2021 11:52 am
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Bravery and the sad death of a young soldier.
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TheGreenGoblin » Tue Oct 19, 2021 4:36 am
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A soldier that was killed by a charging elephant had tried to climb a tree to escape, his comrade said in an inquest that started today.
Coldstream...
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You are not going to get away from an ellie on full charge. Usually get a mock charge first which we have have a few times but not always,...
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Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:48 am
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US Submarine in Collision in South China Sea
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TheGreenGoblin » Fri Oct 08, 2021 6:35 am
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A nuclear powered US navy attack submarine has struck an object while submerged in international waters in the South China Sea, officials have said....
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Two at once - that's bad luck................. :))
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Last post by Boac
Fri Oct 08, 2021 7:02 am
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Wed Sep 29, 2021 2:26 am
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Good luck with that, CAS - bring back the Bona Jet?
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Boac » Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:14 am
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From the Torygraph
RAF could revive Cold War tactics to foil new Russian missile threat
‘No-notice’ scatter drills will disperse jets to civilian...
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They could re-base the Harrier fleet to Stronsay. Oh!
Our airfield (EGER) is 29 km NNE of Kirkwall, is 39 ft ASL and has 3 runways:
2/20, 515m x...
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Last post by ricardian
Tue Sep 21, 2021 10:59 am
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Too Hot For Services to Train?
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FD2 » Thu Sep 16, 2021 8:29 pm
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Climate change stopping soldiers from training, warns military’s green tsar
Army finding it ‘too hot to train’, says Lt Gen Nugee, but Tobias...
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=))
Not an issue - we just decline to take any military action anywhere 'hot' because of lack of training opportunities.
Unless there are...
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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Fri Sep 17, 2021 10:49 am
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Major French Sulk Underway over Sub Contract
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FD2 » Thu Sep 16, 2021 10:13 pm
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The Aussies have been in negotiations with the French for quite a while about buying conventional boats. The contract was due to be celebrated at a...
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From the Australian version of the Spectator, showing how long this has been dragging on for. The French were trying to sell the RAN a nuclear sub...
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Last post by FD2
Fri Sep 17, 2021 12:00 am
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First Sea Lord Says Sorry to Women
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FD2 » Fri Sep 03, 2021 4:19 am
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Armed Forces have let down our servicewomen, says First Sea Lord
Adml Sir Tony Radakin apologises in wake of report revealing women in the...
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My daughter was subjected to discrimination.
And usually by the Army. One of the first though was RAF when her Wg Cdr's report was reversed by the...
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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Fri Sep 03, 2021 7:30 am
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HMS Defender, Russia and all that stuff
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Boac » Fri Jun 25, 2021 8:06 am
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While the propaganda war rolls ever on, the 'success' of the ship's passage is beyond dispute. I wonder why all the media luvvies were on...
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Although based on the old legend that every ship was built with one which led to the legendary search and its unexpected surprise, there actually was...
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Last post by FD2
Sat Aug 28, 2021 8:39 pm
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