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Old 25th Aug 2009, 12:28
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barnstormer1968
 
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Moosemaster

Hi moosemaster.
We seem to still be as cross purposes here.
Have you read the thread concerned 'Do Americans care about British soldiers?'

One of the main points for me was the lack of UK medical facilities (not something to just disregard, but similar in some ways to the mail fiasco). Plus at no point did I ever suggest the RAF was unwilling to do anything. The RAF/MOD were unable to complete the task though (with the task being saving a soldiers life, rather than concentrating on one small (single service) aspect)

Originally by moosemaster
They simply didn't have the right assets in the right places at the right times, whereas USAF and German HeliMed services did.

Neither did the Americans, but they had the infrastructure in place to move people swifly and used your option 'B'(which IMHO was well demonstrated by the original thread (including soldiers angels))
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