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Old 4th Aug 2014, 20:35
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Ah yes as a young J/T it was my job to keep al the electrics working on the Lyneham ones which meant fun times ground running them and wrecking the tarmac!!!!!
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Old 4th Aug 2014, 21:56
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At Brize I wasn't excused station duties . Well we used to do the airside gate only, but I wasn't excused the either
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Old 5th Aug 2014, 09:08
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I also remember seeing the slabs of smooth ice it created once it had moved away and the water re-froze...

...Most of the 12 Sqn aircrew watching from the crewroom as the mighty beast struggled to clear the massive pan at Honington - followed by OC Eng on foot keeping an eye on the action - how we howled when he went a**e over t*t on the Olympic-quality ice rink the machine left behind...
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Old 5th Aug 2014, 19:19
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Non-standard as far as the RAF is concerned ... But let's hope the handbrake is in good nick



Or how about a fully armoured variant



The above pic is of a jet engine equipped tank designed to clear minefields
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Old 5th Aug 2014, 20:45
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The Russians used tank as a decontam unit as is the truck I believe, it was later used to blow out Kuwaiti oil well fires.
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Old 2nd Sep 2014, 11:59
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Thumbs up The Ulimate!!!!!

I have just got to have one of these, you could melt so much tarmac so quickly and in relative comfort and just let air tragic complain, it would make melting the taxiways at Thorney look like amateurs day!
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