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Old 5th April 2026 | 18:47
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Professor Plum
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Originally Posted by Bonkey
That's somewhat insulting. Pretty much all NATO members would be perfectly able to do the same and many have done on countless occasions. Not least the Israelis and British special forces have examples in the last 50 years.
I didn’t mean to insult you or my NATO colleagues. I think we may have to agree to disagree.

The US has the right kit in the right numbers to pull this off. With appropriately trained operators (aircrew or otherwise).

Something smaller scale-yeah i’d agree. But something of this scale, in my opinion would need multiple NATO partners to achieve.

How many C130’s can the RAF afford to lose in just one CSAR Op? Slightly tongue in cheek but i hope you see what i mean?
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