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Old 9th Mar 2015, 22:03
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just another jocky
 
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Originally Posted by oap
Yes, but they were a GR1 pair with 4x1000ret on Q the first night we had any jets at Bahrain, 28 Aug 90.

OAP
Hmmm, at odds with my recollection but at this distance, I'm not going to argue.

Originally Posted by darvan
JaJ. How short our memories are. I think you will find that the GR1/pavespike combination was marginally better than the GR1/TIALD combination. About 51% vice 50.5%
Not sure where you get your figures but at the end of the war, the US put out the figures and it was definitely TIALD 2nd to the F117A. If I had access to my library, I'm sure I could find a reference.
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