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Old 6th Jul 2007, 12:03
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nigegilb
 
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The vast majority of the J Fleet will end up with foam in the fuel tanks and one of the most modern DAS's in production. A far cry from where we were in January last year, when the J was not even being considered for fuel tank protection, never mind a decent DAS. Even had a phone call from the RAF to confirm that.

Pity the J that was IED'd in Iraq did not have foam. If anyone saw the video posted on the internet you could clearly see the damage to the outer wing.

Just hope the RAF and MOD see sense over Nimrod safety issues.
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