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RJM
3rd Aug 2010, 19:35
I'm certainly not qualified to attend, but others here might be...

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protectthehornet
3rd Aug 2010, 19:41
I knew a fellow from college...navigator on a USAF F111 , he was lost on the Libya raid many years ago.

Incredible plane...

RJM
4th Aug 2010, 10:05
Agreed. We certainly got value out of them, but with 180 hours maintenance for each hour in the air, and sourcing replacement parts from other countries' museums, something had to happen.

HEATHROW DIRECTOR
4th Aug 2010, 11:20
Ahhhh thoughts of USAF ones doing fly-bys at Heathrow late at night.. and lighting the sky! What joy.