RAF Tornado joins Northumberland manhunt

[XV490]

An "860 mph" Tonka GR4 is reported to have joined the hunt for Raoul Moat last night.

Anyone know anything more?

[Tashengurt]

Chief constable told us RAF assets were being used but not a GR4.

[NutLoose]

Cool with all these aerial assets looking for him, we will have him in no time....... How is Bin Laden BTW??

The Chief Constable wants to get them to look for a decent hairdresser for herself

[XV490]

I thought that was a variation on a Mk 1 bonedome (extra padding version).

[charliegolf]

Aerial assets all well and good- but if he's holding hostages in an 'in-use' house, no spy in the sky's going to be much use is it?

CG

[vecvechookattack]

They could use "through wall radar".....have they tried that?

[forget]

airpolice, Cracker - in ten years on Prune this is my first for a joke.

[chopper2004]

Does the Sun think Moat has literally taken off and flown the coop and they don';t mean the GR4 Tonkas after him but the F.3 as depicted to shoot him down with AMRAAM or ASRAAM??!!

[XV490]

Sky confirming that MoD has agreed to offer 'air assistance'....

How will that work, using a GR4? Will images be transmitted back in raoultime?

[Evanelpus]

She's the Temp Chief Constable, obviously because it is so diffcult to get a Perm in the North East! (boom boom)

She is one scary looking woman!

[XV490]

Perhaps the Air Assitance is that the RAF & Army will stay away and give the ASU complete use of the air, and save the MOD some money.

Even cheaper if the ASU team took their IR kit aboard the Sky and BBC 'copters with their seemingly endless fuel supply.

[NDW]

Who on earth will they send next.

First S.A.S, now RAF, Navy next?

In my opinion, it is beginning to get abit out of hand.
Don't get me wrong they need to get him but all this extra support.

Silly

[XV490]

Why don't the ASU take the BBC and Sky people on the Police helicopter?

Stuck in a chopper with people from Sky?

[XV490]

First S.A.S, now RAF, Navy next?

Yep - their SMS team (Special Moat Squadron)

[orgASMic]

When the Northumberland plod catch Moat after a stretch of living rough, will Sir Alan Beith (MP for Berwick upon Tweed) submit a dodgy expenses claim to have him cleaned?

[Wycombe]

If the Navy are to get involved it would be to provide a marching band when the cops lead him out of Rothbury.

.....or a Cockers P so when this villain is caught all the assembled chasers can celebrate

[BlackIsle]

Code:

if the Navy are to get involved......

that would be to give Moat an i-pod to assist his human rights...

[diginagain]

The solution seems obvious - drive him west onto Otterburn Training Area. A couple of weeks on OTA and he'll either turn himself in or top himself.

[Bristol]

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How can somebody in a PR job appear that way, surely her boss should arrange for some hairdresser expense!

[Bristol]

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yes they will celebrate on taxpayers' money!