Originally Posted by royalist something
I'm certainly not either an ex-Typhoon driver nor a spotter. But a friend of mine who was a Typhoon driver (now peacefully flying tourist day-trippers) refers to them as Tiffie and to Tonkas as Tonkas. He left before Leuchars closed.
So no one thinks w could ever produce a Lightning again? We'd always have to ask the Americans or the French/Germans "please can we use our aeroplanes to shoot something down?"
Presumably we can't hot wire the F-35 to use as we wish, when we wish.....
Be careful there, your ignorance is showing. Your mate is clearly very well informed. I'm amazed I can't confirm his claims. Or are they your claims? None of us use the terms you mention.