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Old 4th Jul 2011, 07:02
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I am sure some clever dickey earlier on in this thread said that the main advantage of a carrier over an airfield was that in the event of bad weather the carrier simply moved.......... Surely this story is tosh
Yes, the story is tosh (link) as is any suggestion that the RAF could "take up the slack" by flying an extra 35 to 40 sorties per day from Gioia del Colle. Aircraft from Charles de Gaulle have been flying 30-40% of the NATO strike missions over Libya.
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