Afghan light relief

[sprucemoose]

Sorry to all those fiercely serious types, but how about a light relief-type thread regarding some of the finer items to have emerged from the newspaper/magazine and TV coverage of the current crisis?

Here are just a few of the howlers which I have enjoyed so far:

The B-52 is a stealth bomber and 'scours' for targets.
The Canberra is a turboprop.
The Predator flies at 60,000ft with an accompanying fighter (nice one, Frankie).
The USAF is flying EF-111s and F-4 Wild Weasels.
The RAF is flying Buccaneers.
The USAF flies an aircraft called the 'River Joint'.
USN fighters return to carriers with bombs - or S-3 Vikings land carrying drop tanks.

[RATBOY]

Some real howlers out there. River Joint is a typo for Rivet Joint. S-3Bs do trap with drops. F/A-18s or F-14s don't like to trap with weapons aboard but sometimes must in blue water operations.

[The Sweeper]

Ah, but surely the prize goes to the BBC News website and their picture of an E2C Hawkeye FIGHTER...

[Seven of Nine]

I saw a report from the Pentagon correspondent for Fox News, here in the USA. He informed everyone that the RAF aircraft involved in the current op were Tornados launched from HMS Invincible - now that I would like to see!

[Gainesy]

Daily Mail. :D

[Low and Slow]

Laughing my bo*"%cks off...

[3m Strop Carrier]

One paper reported F15s and F16s taking off from a carrier.

[2.5M]

An entire regiment of the Kiwi SAS were rushed to an Auckland department store.

There were reports of Summer Bed Linen on the 3rd floor. :p :D ;)

[Samuel]

CNN reporter: twice;"Anti-aircraft fire is shooting upwards".

[henry crun]

CPF: Do try and post something original.

Any fool can take a joke and alter a name or title. :eek: :eek:

[Dr Schlong]

Surely imitation is the sincerest form of flatery? ;)

[henry crun]

Dr Schlong: agreed, in some situations it is.

Merely trying to point out that the pathetic example by CPF only illustrates the lengths some people will go to show their blind prejudice.

[tony draper]

Here's a pick for you chaps. ;)
http://www.ernieshouseofwhoopass.com/pictures/antijihadrocket.jpg

[TqNrT4NgGreenlightCWP]

..and did anybody else notice 'Desert Spice' getting out of that ARMY chinook (BBC News)?
Accept it, lads, its only a matter of time now anyway... :p

[RRAAMJET]

Yup, the "carrier-borne Tornado" - twice - from Fox.....

B-52 weapons payload: 600 000 lbs ( Fox - again ).

To the journos out there: a ten-minute call to a pilots' union would put you straight on these facts (military and civil). These were not breaking news stories; there was time for research. Even a modicum of effort would be an improvement... :rolleyes:

[Smoketoomuch]

From that esteemed journal of record 'The Sun' ;
"The “smart” JDAM bomb — one with its own on-board satellite".

[Follow Me Through]

Absolute classic on CNN on that infamous 11 Sep day shortly after first WTC Tower collapsed - some expert called in to speak and said ' of course this isn't unique' ?!!!

[Incipient Sinner]

Plastered all over the front page of a popular tabloid this morning, "The AC130 Spectre, in action!"

But, quite blatently not a picture of a gunship. Pretty picture of flares being rippled off though.

Even a look through any other paper would have put them right on that one.

[phs]

Tony Draper,
wher did you get that one from?????
Mind you, they arent the first people to think that an F15 looks something like a Hornet.I guess they now are made by the same company (wash my mouth out with soap). Long live the Mac D Hornet.

[Kiting for Boys]

Clicky ba clack many skulls
http://colinspace.future.easyspace.com/charcters.html#Anchorwolfofkabul

[fobotcso]

Now that would excite the the tree-huggers if it were published today!

I thought Alf Tupper was around in the early 50s. One of boyhood rôle models but not quite believable!

[fobotcso]

Two so far this week:

Mon 22 Oct BBC TV Midday news; "Israeli jets were in action over Palestinian territory today launching ground-to-air missiles."

Today BBC Breakfast TV: Dr Pope (I think?) who is a climatologist was being interviewed about the floods; "...the weather is so unpredictable..." Not AFG, I know, but worth recording.

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[Luca_brasi]

Saw one in the Hearld Sun in Melbourne.

Special Forces perform HALO jumps over hostile forces by jumping out of the bomb bays of the B-2 Stealth Bomber at over 40,000ft

:rolleyes:

[sprucemoose]

Good one in the house today from a Lib Dem reporting a wide outbreak of trenchfoot among 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines. There are plenty of blisters about, but I didn't see that much water in the trenches when I visited them this week!

[Smoketoomuch]

Brian Barron, your intrepid reporter in Oman;
'The Chinooks will be fitted with high-velocity machine guns'
They'll be replacements for the low-velocity ones I presume?

[gravity victim]

Today's Daily Telegraph informs me of problems with Lynx and Giselle helicopters in Oman... :confused: