British Plane on Fire in Afghanistan..
I was being ironic ref the Beverley so as not to upset its many fans. I understand about smoke/fumes in the air (had a fire under the flight deck floor once when carrying three LOX pallets to Belize) but was under the impression that a bottled oxy system similar to that used by Jate for 35000+ft free fall para was under consideration for various tasks. I have been out of the RAF for a long time and it looks like it got nowhere. I believe that several C130H operators opted for gaseous oxy as opposed to LOX for obvious reasons. Has the J got LOX ?
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It's not so much how many k frames, more how many short k frames. Need the short ones for particular missions and we are not exactly flush...
I'd go as far as to say we are in a crisis. How are we supposed to spare the frames for a lengthy mod program now? Something has to give. If it is the program the boys do not get protected. if it is the op, red faces in High Command. Exactly who's idea was it to fight war on two fronts?
I'd go as far as to say we are in a crisis. How are we supposed to spare the frames for a lengthy mod program now? Something has to give. If it is the program the boys do not get protected. if it is the op, red faces in High Command. Exactly who's idea was it to fight war on two fronts?
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Originally Posted by nigegilb
It's not so much how many k frames, more how many short k frames. Need the short ones for particular missions and we are not exactly flush...
I'd go as far as to say we are in a crisis. How are we supposed to spare the frames for a lengthy mod program now? Something has to give. If it is the program the boys do not get protected. if it is the op, red faces in High Command. Exactly who's idea was it to fight war on two fronts?
I'd go as far as to say we are in a crisis. How are we supposed to spare the frames for a lengthy mod program now? Something has to give. If it is the program the boys do not get protected. if it is the op, red faces in High Command. Exactly who's idea was it to fight war on two fronts?
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fight war on two fronts
Easy - "de-stretch" a long one!!
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But no matter what happens, the British Army officer still has his trusty black labrador with him.
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I know a very funny story about an Afghan dog adopted by some of the lads when they were sharing a control tower with some locals. Probably not the best place to divulge here.
As for the Herc is it a case of saving £600,000 at a cost of £50m for a new J model?
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As for the Herc is it a case of saving £600,000 at a cost of £50m for a new J model?
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Originally Posted by nigegilb
s**t going round corners though!
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Will there be any Ks left for the RAF museum?
And at the risk of being controversial should we really be sending the airframes that have had money spent on them for things like HEVS, DIRCM etc into areas where there are bad guys? We all know now that misters Brown and Browne will now be looking for other ways to save penies and their (over generous) pensions.
And at the risk of being controversial should we really be sending the airframes that have had money spent on them for things like HEVS, DIRCM etc into areas where there are bad guys? We all know now that misters Brown and Browne will now be looking for other ways to save penies and their (over generous) pensions.
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Not wanting to state the bleedin' obvious but the whole reason for having DIRCM, HEVS, MAWS etc
IS TO ACTUALLY GO WHERE THE BAD GUYS ARE!!!
There is really no point sending Dumb frames - they would be even worse off!
IS TO ACTUALLY GO WHERE THE BAD GUYS ARE!!!
There is really no point sending Dumb frames - they would be even worse off!
haha.. I thought I must have mis-understood his post