Cheers for your repiles gents
Cheers for the replies gents. Once again I am in no way having a bash at the GR-4 fleet.To be honest I had the last GR-9 tour on my last tour of Herrick so I guess my 2nd hand info on GR-4 is far from fair. I guess its just one of those things that GR-9 has finished in afghanistan. Please understand that my loyalty to the GR-9 and its pilots and ground crew may have clouded my ''big picture'' appreciation . The GR-9 and its crews certainly saved a number of Brit lives in Afghan, and for that I am very grateful. The King is dead long live the King so to speak.
Moving on,can we just buy all of those A-10's sitting in the deserts of the USA?????? Only joking. Lets hope the ''master plan'' for the RAF and its CAS roled aircraft works out or are we going to be left short in years to come. A widow from Herrick 9