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Old 15th Aug 2011, 16:25
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TCAS FAN
 
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The Daily Telegraph mentions a Hunter "crippled by gunfire", was this in fact a Strikie?

When the Adoo gained SAM 7s the Strikie's ground attack days were up. Along came the Hunter's gifted by Jordan which took over the job.

I once flew home with a former Hunter (contract) pilot who went on to fly 1-11s with SOAF. He showed me his log book with "before" and "after" photos of an Adoo emplacement in a cave with a large rock overhang hiding its entrance at the end of a wadi. In went the Hunters, up the wadi, lobbed a few 100 lbs of HE into the cave, end result no cave, just a pile of rubble - real 633 Squadron stuff!
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