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Old 26th July 2007 | 11:02
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Ali Barber
 
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From: Muscat, Oman
Was at STCAAME before they translated it into Welsh and it became the AGWOEU, acting as high speed targets for the trial of AIM9 on the Hawk. We were well pi55ed off that they were looking at AIM9 on the Hawk and not on the Lightning. On a black flag day the armourers nicked one and put it on the Red Top pylon. It rattled a bit so they went to workshops and made a blanking plate to stop the rattle. Plugged in the wiggly amps and coolant to the missile and announced "if you pull the trigger it's going to go!" The rep from CTTO who was there took loads of pictures and eventually got boll**ed by his bosses for daring to even consider the idea! After we brought the ones back from Saudi, they were being touted by BAe with an option for 4 AIM9.
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