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Old 19th Mar 2009, 08:36
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I'd also heard that during the first Gulf war the Americans were a bit confused by some chatter from Tornado Crews.

When ATC asked them for their position they often replied with just passing over the GAFA.

After repeatedly pouring over the maps and finding no reference to GAFA they finally ask where it was, answer :- GAFA = Great Arabian F$%K All.

Well it made me smile
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Old 19th Mar 2009, 10:28
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I thought it was MMFD?

Miles and Miles of F*&king Desert
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Old 19th Mar 2009, 10:59
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Thought GAFA was Great Australian F..,,,,..and - It Actually was an ICAO reporting point between Alice Springs and Kunnunurra.....


Was also a 'No RAAF' painted on roof of a house on the Bells line of road (Willy to Richmond low lvl). Of course it was used as a recce pt quite often.
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Old 19th Mar 2009, 15:41
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Actually, I think the origin of this MM... stuff is the 1955 Robert Ruark book "Something of Value", where the white hunter tells his client "There it is, the MMBA.....Miles and Miles of Bloody Africa". Mind you, I suppose he might have heard it from somewhere.
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Old 19th Mar 2009, 15:47
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I think there are quite a few variants: "Mamba" country - Miles and Miles of B*gger All, is the one I've heard used most often.
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I use NIIL most of the time.

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Not forgetting Lake Dilligaf, Mount Dilligaf etc.
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I believe Glastonbury Tor was / is known as " The Tit " !
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Old 19th Mar 2009, 18:25
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When flying in East Africa (as was) in the 60s, there was some suitgable geological formation known as "The Queen of Sheba's T*ts". I don't recall just where, any Khormaksar Hunter mates around to help on this?
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Old 19th Mar 2009, 19:45
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On Pembrey Range - FRA (First Run Attacks) were quite often spotted from the the Range as over Llansaint Church and vocalised as "Nipple"

Being a readily identifiable point on the top of a hill! It kind of stood out..
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Old 20th Mar 2009, 09:01
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"The Queen of Sheba's T*ts"

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Not a Khormaksar Hunter mate but a Khormaksar Shackleton mate, the aforementioned T*ts were at either side of the entrance to the Wadi Hadramout a fair distance East of Khormaksar (if the Hunters went that far we would have to go with them to make sure they did not get lost!!)
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Old 20th Mar 2009, 12:44
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There are a set in Sierra Leonne, a set in Oman and a set in Afghanistan - pairs of mountains set side by side called the Dixon Twins.

Anybody who served on the C130K fleet late '90s early 2000's will recognise who these mounds were named after...............
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Old 21st Mar 2009, 00:13
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country calls,

God Bless You Son.

It's taken me a few minutes to stop choking on my wine I can tell you!
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Old 21st Mar 2009, 12:02
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Hilarious......

Reminds me that in Hong Kong NT we had 'Nellie's nipple' - a prominent 'pointer' to the entrance to Kidourie (sp?) Gap.
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Sally's T..s = Brown Clee Hill (the one with the radar on top) and (appropriately) Titterstone Clee Hill, Shropshire. The former is higher and larger than the latter, a common feature of the female anatomy, too.

Sally = Sally (then) Cox, the first girl/female to go through 4FTS circa 1990.
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Old 21st Mar 2009, 21:57
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The Clee Hills yes, but they were known as Sally's long before 1990. I recall using the name at TWU Brawdy in the 1970s !! They even got a mention in the 6 Sqn line book in the 80s - call on the RT when the formation got split up "hey Tony, is that you coming over ..... "
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Old 22nd Mar 2009, 17:20
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WARNING: PUT YOUR WINE DOWN SVK

Surely the Clee Hills were located in the 57R/LXX Loady section?
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