Dear GR4TELICMATE,
"Saw the 'mighty' F3 return to the UK when there is still a job to be done.
Bloody typical, they return home basked in glory when they didn't do anything towards the effort. On night one BOMBERS and TLAMs took out the Iraqi airfields and hence neutralized the threat from the Iz Air Force, after that fighters weren't needed.
People should not be under the illusion that the F3 helped in the achievement of Air Supremacy."
Point 1 - The F3 job finished over a week ago when it became obvious the air threat was eradicated. The first F-15s went home before the F3s.
Point 2 - On night 1 the DCA was already up there, well before the TLAMs and bombers went in - and when I say DCA, I include the F3s.
Point 3 - Coalition DCA (F-15s, F-3s and F-18s) achieved Air SUPERIORITY a few days before the first strikes went in - Air Supremacy came later.
Point 4 - At no time has the F3 manned a 'goal keeper' CAP on the border (there was no such thing) - the F3s CAP'd where the Eagles did, and I know for a fact that an F3 escorted a GR4 directly over Baghdad. Check the ACO and any ATO you like if you don't believe me.
So please get your facts right - you strike me as being (perhaps understandably) bitter and twisted about still being stuck in Ali Al while others have been sent home. However, your flatulant diatribe against fellow RAF aircrew (many who HAVE spent plenty of time in the SuperMEZ ID'ing what turned out to be friendlies) is a disgrace. Unlike Fox-1, I don't regard you as a 'disgrace to the intelligence of the rest of your fleet' - I suspect the rest of the GR4 fleet consider you a pathetic little c**t just as we do. I look forward to meeting you in OTA C, or preferably in a bar somewhere so I can punch your lights out. I respect your buddies - you, I hold in contempt.
Nonetheless, fly safe you ignorant ****.