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Old 14th Dec 2008, 22:58
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Navaleye
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I sure you can find many more on youtube. That was when we had a navy. I presume the Army Captain was the range officer and called a few Delta Hotels. I noticed Ark all all her radars going for the photoshoot, even though her 965s couldn't operate at the same time. Fun times.

A little known factoid was that Ark and most of the RN fleet the time had to get a dispensation from the US DoD to enter any US port. Why? because they breached Coast Guard regulations about pumping raw sewage into harbours. No holding tanks and everything went out. We had to pay every time of course.
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