minigundiplomat

With (allegedly) pro-west Musharraf resigning, and some guy called Obama promising to pursue the Taliban cross border into Pakistan, does anyone else feel next summer may be a little exciting?

Airborne Aircrew

To be honest... If Obama gets elected there is a much greater chance of the USA being invaded by Pakistan than the other way around.

Remember: Youth and skill are always trumped by experience and treachery...

denlopviper

exciting? naahhh...explosive, maybe

fleigle

More interesting is to wait and see Shrub Jnr. and his reactions and rhetoric.

merlinxx

When you take 'Pindi' folks, don't forget the 'Black Label' for the locals, good Islamic Scottish wine.

BelArgUSA

Peshawar Tourism and Casinos...
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Sorry gentlemen, nothing recent about this lovely resort - In 1978, being on furlough from PanAm, I was surviving, flying an old and tired 707-320 (N705PA) on ACMI lease with PIA Pakistan Airlines. Peshawar was a frequent destination and had even the chance of a layover of a couple of days, spending the night in a palace who had been a British officer's club and military facility. Loved the food, but there was no wines or ales...
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A strategic facility near Khyber Pass at the border with Afghanistan which we even were able to see from a comfortable distance. The local market, was quite colorful. You could buy an AK-47 and a couple of fully loaded magazines for a few hundred rupees, maybe less with our airline discounts...?
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Peshawar airport was something too. Secret Pakistan Air Force base, as it had some MiG-15s, 17s and Chinese-build MiG-19s... and other (secret) planes, such as a Lysander (who had seen better days) and a Tempest (or Typhoon) which we had been warned not to take on our cameras (but we did... as CIA spies that we were suspected to be), all that around camel-drawn carts used as GPU or airstart units...
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The one thing I shall always remember from the runway, is the railroad tracks crossing the runway at a 90º angle. As the tracks were shining, and obviously used daily, we never failed to check for "no train traffic" after takeoff clearance was received. How do you say "choo-choo" in Urdu language...?
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If you are looking for Osama, certain he must be around the many sexy (veiled) ladies in Peshawar's red light dristict.
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Happy contrails

Truckkie

Slightly more worried that I may be spending the summer in Georgia if the press releases regarding NATO's 'hard stance against Russian aggression' is anything to go by

denlopviper

those antiques called A-5C (Q-5 Fantan) still are secret. frankly speaking the cessna 414 i flew had more avionics

oh and the guy who hit the train in the A-5 quit PAF soon after the incident, hes now in dubai. the incident happened around 1996. maybe he was racing with the train to the rail corssing and lost. gives you a clue to just how antique of a fighter i mean "level" bomber it is

and yeah, if you ever feel the need to come flying to peshawer, make sure you are either in an A-10 or wearing bullet proof undies

barnstormer1968

will there be married quarters available for the det, as my Naan wants to come along.

Barnstormer1968

denlopviper

well if its hot naan, i can make arrangements

the new officers mess is pretty decent though and yup they still have their old BOQ's for special people

Wwyvern

BelArgUSA

My "Boys' Own" teach yourself URDU book tells me that "Train" in English is "Tren" in Urdu/Hindi.