MACH2NUMBER (#2) et al,
Many moons ago I Posted a story, culled from the "Daily Telegraph", about a case in Afghanistan where a Taliban pick-up truck had been spotted in a wadi and was preparing to fire a rocket (RPG?) into one of our protected bases.
A Tornado was in the air at the time: they were alerted and "buzzed" the terrorists low-level at high speed, frightening them off (instead of blowing them, their truck and "rocket" to kingdom come with the cannon which I understand the Tornado is provided with - and which I fear would've been my reaction).
Seems the ROE specified that "minimum force to achieve the objective" was the order of the day. The crew (both Pilot and WSO) were ladies - but that is irrelevant - and (according to the D.T.) regarded this 'operation' as the high spot of their tour.
I believe the WSO went on to command a FJ Squadron.
Can anyone point me to the Thread (and my Post). IIRC, it was in Spring '16 (or '15 ?)
Generally, what do you think about this ?
Danny42C.