Air Ops Iraq

[The Cook returns]

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.

TCR

[xyz_pilot]

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]

xyz_pilot

Obviously you haven't been there.

[StopStart]

lol

Dry your eyes and go in a Herc!

[Spiro]

..or a 125!

[VP8]

Or a 124

VEEPS

[Vortex_Generator]

Perhaps it's because we don't have any UAV/Sat capable of doing the job!

[Flip Flop Flyer]

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]

Would that be British Gulf International Airlines' Antonov 12 by any chance?

[helidriver]

Or in a mighty Gazelle