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Old 7th Jun 2014, 20:59
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BEagle
 
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Tide is what I used when I had to wash my own clothes, now I have a wife to do such mundane chores.
And do you offer to wash hers? Or would that be un-American, oo-rah?

Jaguar GR1 XX963/AL of 14 Sqn was shot down on May 25th 1982 35 miles NE of RAF Bruggen, West Germany, by a live AIM-9L Sidewinder accidently fired from Phantom FGR2 XV422 of 92 Sqn during a simulated combat exercise. The Jaguar pilot ejected safely. The Board of Inquiry determined that the master armament switch in the Phantom had not been taped in the "safe" position and the pilot inadvertently rendered one of the two main safety switches "live". The Phantom's pilot and navigator were court martialled and found guilty of offences of neglect, for which they received severe reprimands.
Not so much incorrect target recognition as cognitive failure at the end of yet another long, tiring RAFG exercise.
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