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The Cook returns
8th Jun 2004, 04:38
Soooooo, can anybody tell me what the hell we are still doing over Iraq, that we couldn't do from a UAV/Sat? It can only be a matter of time before it all goes horribly wrong and we lose a jet.:sad:
TCR
xyz_pilot
8th Jun 2004, 06:36
Out of interest why do you think the environment over Iraq is so dangerous of fast jet recon?
I can see the high level of danger for rotary wing (not to mention the ground forces) but why for fast jet?
Reichman
8th Jun 2004, 10:22
xyz_pilot
Obviously you haven't been there.
StopStart
8th Jun 2004, 12:36
lol :D :D
Dry your eyes and go in a Herc!
Vortex_Generator
8th Jun 2004, 18:01
Perhaps it's because we don't have any UAV/Sat capable of doing the job!
Flip Flop Flyer
9th Jun 2004, 13:16
Or in a really clapped out TriStar on a dodgy African registration, crewed by a mixed bag of Aussies and Jordanians, not to mention an even more clapped out An-12 crewed by a suspect lot of Eastern Europe origin.
Think I may just decline their offer to visit Saddam Intl. or Mosul.
steamchicken
10th Jun 2004, 11:53
Would that be British Gulf International Airlines' Antonov 12 by any chance?
helidriver
10th Jun 2004, 13:36
Or in a mighty Gazelle:uhoh: