Goldcup - any time we wanted FJ presence over Al Amarah, the USAF came along. Don't know why them and not RAF. Maybe that was only when I was there.[/QUOTE]
Probably because the USAF has a darn sight more assets based nearer to Al Amarah than 6 GR4s based in Qatar, which don't have a 2 hour transit each way. Not to mention their good number of Al Udeid based stuff which does.
Then you have the USMC CAS based at Al Asad IINM?
Plus a CVN in the Arabian Gulf with around 48 F/A-18s on board.
I think I can see why you got US rather than RAF....
