16/17 January 1991-What were you doing?
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In Münster (home of 4 Armoured Brigade at the time), listening to BFBS rebroadcasting the live feed from what must have been Radio 4 in the UK. A worrying time for the 3 of us left behind, but not half as worrying as for the rest of the Brigade who had deployed 
C130 en route Nellis to get an important load from a sick C130, spent most of the pond crossing listening to BBC World Service and hoping the pointy end were going to be ok. Brill nite out downtown, though!!
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Sat at Gutersloh in a snow storm with the last vaguely airworthy Chinook in Germany, wondering how we were going to get the rotortune of 6 'rogue blades' complete in time for the ac to be ready to move to Odiham for Granby mods on the 18th Jan, without continuing to upset a well known UTP of the day!
Feeling very 'left behind' and hoping that my mates & troops were OK.
Feeling very 'left behind' and hoping that my mates & troops were OK.
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Counting them out and counting them in with the groundcrew and ops team on the det at Bahrain whilst waiting for our 4-ship's turn to fly. My turn soon came round and then continued to come round for many, many more years! 1991 was a great team effort though and I was proud to be a part of it.
Sitting in the flight deck of a Vickers Funbus tanker looking at bright orange mode 4 failure light, concerned that a Patriot missile firer would be trigger happy as we returned to KKI!
Flew back there a few months ago, not much has changed.
Flew back there a few months ago, not much has changed.
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Drinking under age in a snooker hall watching the TV in awe. Wondering if it would last long enough so that after my upcoming basic training was over I'd get shipped out there. Joined up in Sept, passed out in Apr 92....you could say that I missed that one by a fair bit.
Sat bobbin around on a grey funnel line in the SWAPPS on JMC 911, with no air assets. The Buccaneers had all been withdrawn some days earlier and we thought "We know where they are going".
Just about to deploy to the Gulf when the war finished, we sailed west and marched down Broadway as Gulf War heroes as the only RN asset in the Western Atlantic....Bloomin great 5 days....Cheers Easy!!!!
Just about to deploy to the Gulf when the war finished, we sailed west and marched down Broadway as Gulf War heroes as the only RN asset in the Western Atlantic....Bloomin great 5 days....Cheers Easy!!!!
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Loading Hercs like there was no tomorrow, 12 on 12 off....I was cream crackered, jogging about 20 miles a night (at least it felt like that!) Flt ops, Load Control, office, Hangar, aircraft, Flt Ops, Load Control, Office, Hangar, aircraft ad nausiam.....
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Stood on the balcony to my flat in Cheltenham listening to B-52s going into Fairford wondering if the bits of EH-101 I was building in a large aerospace establishment up the road would ever get used.
And wondering if an old school chum who was flying Jags at the time would be counted back in.
He was - CNN showed him wiping the sweat from his brow as he taxiied back in and then shoved a mike under his nose as he clambered out to tell of how they had all hit the target and then "Run away bravely".
Cue his picture in the Sun next day.
Oh what a loverlee war.
And wondering if an old school chum who was flying Jags at the time would be counted back in.
He was - CNN showed him wiping the sweat from his brow as he taxiied back in and then shoved a mike under his nose as he clambered out to tell of how they had all hit the target and then "Run away bravely".
Cue his picture in the Sun next day.
Oh what a loverlee war.
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RAF Flying Scholarship Interview at OASC Biggin Hill. At least the current affairs bit of the interview was easy to anticipate - Managed to pass as well!!
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Prepping, delivering and organising first load of JPs for the mud movers at Murahhaq, and then watching them depart on the first run, from my excellent observation position, atop a hastily built air raid shelter.
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left at home with the wives...... but very proud watching CNN.
We trained to fight the Russian hordes from our HASs in Germany and were sudenly presented with a new threat. The guys that crossed the border on night one will always have my complete admiration.....
We trained to fight the Russian hordes from our HASs in Germany and were sudenly presented with a new threat. The guys that crossed the border on night one will always have my complete admiration.....
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On my TA CMS at Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Strensall, listening to the radio broadcasts from Baghdad.
The Kings Div recruits on guard were more than a little jumpy - our instructors kept reminding us to keep to well-lit areas when walking around the barracks at night !!
The Kings Div recruits on guard were more than a little jumpy - our instructors kept reminding us to keep to well-lit areas when walking around the barracks at night !!
Flew from Manifa bay to the FARP at lonesome dove. Then the helo broke. Damndamndamn...
Gawd, its hard to believe how long ago it was. Seems so recent. At least I then had Somalia to look forward to.
Gawd, its hard to believe how long ago it was. Seems so recent. At least I then had Somalia to look forward to.
Had spent the prev 2-3 days with 2 groundcrew helping prep our FOB in N Saudi for the arrival of the rest of the Flt. Saw several AH64 arrive to join the ANG A10s and the massive US casualty reception unit. Heard the Apaches leave, then saw masses of lights heading N which all used to extinguish not long after they'd passed overhead.
Next morning, we'd been joined by a broken GR1 and a holey F14. Chatted to the Tonka crew for a bit, but was then made busy again as our aircraft were due to arrive. Apaches had long gone, but the A10s stayed for the duration.
Have just ditched a whole load of old kit, including a lot of the stuff I had during GW1. Did manage to find my long-lost Crew 2 pic (taken by Keith Ifould) after we came back from our first cross-border job a few days after all the above.
Next morning, we'd been joined by a broken GR1 and a holey F14. Chatted to the Tonka crew for a bit, but was then made busy again as our aircraft were due to arrive. Apaches had long gone, but the A10s stayed for the duration.
Have just ditched a whole load of old kit, including a lot of the stuff I had during GW1. Did manage to find my long-lost Crew 2 pic (taken by Keith Ifould) after we came back from our first cross-border job a few days after all the above.
Drinking in the bar of the Holiday Inn Odlin Road, Bangor Maine with the seven girls on my crew, watching the firework display on the TV's. The whoops and yells of the locals suddenly stopped when someone suggested Bangor might get Nuked by an off course Scud meant for the new over the horizon radar in Northern Maine. It took a few pitchers of beer before noise level returned to normal,
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Sitting on 24hr shift in MOD main watching a bunch of Walts trying to convince themselves and anybody who would listen that they were actually participating in a war.