Aircrew Pretending to Be RAF Regt
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No different from RAF Regt pretending to be Para Regt.
Big three and all that......
Big three and all that......
Got yer Ass kicked did you Shack?
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Never served in the desert
- this was just the standard kit for a Wessex flight in Germany in the 1970s - best exercise flying I ever did - 50ft agl in the ex area
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snigger snigger - sounds like you definitely were in the Short Range Desert Group.
- this was just the standard kit for a Wessex flight in Germany in the 1970s - best exercise flying I ever did - 50ft agl in the ex areaHF
Tabs please !
I do believe the SAS must have been around 250,000 strong at some point.
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Mikey a walt? - you must be joking....
Well I've just watched the film and knowing Mikey very well (I know not the other chap) I have to say that initially I thought it must have been the film script.
MG is absolutely correct in that Mikey was trying to eek out a new career in the States at the time and if it took this little white lie to open a few Director's eyes then it worked superbly. Just watch him on Fox etc espousing his viewpoints regarding the current happenings in the Middle East and putting other supposed specialists in the shade by putting them all back in their boxes.
But there is a difference between the 'normal' walts which some of you are dribbling on about and what has happened here; Mikey and his mate John kicked the a@se of both the other 'SPECIALIST' teams who were full of bullsh@t about what they could and were going to do.
I take my hat off to the pair of them and I bet the RAF Regt were chuffed to bits in absentia. If not then tuff! It's probably why some of them tell the girls they're pilots!!
I must say the comments from Mr-Burns are a bit rich. If Mikey only touched a weapon on AWP then why aren't you lot doing better and as for him being a co@k - I don't expect you would tell him that to his face as he would probably bite your a@se - he's that sort of 'dog'.
Well done the pair of them.
MG is absolutely correct in that Mikey was trying to eek out a new career in the States at the time and if it took this little white lie to open a few Director's eyes then it worked superbly. Just watch him on Fox etc espousing his viewpoints regarding the current happenings in the Middle East and putting other supposed specialists in the shade by putting them all back in their boxes.
But there is a difference between the 'normal' walts which some of you are dribbling on about and what has happened here; Mikey and his mate John kicked the a@se of both the other 'SPECIALIST' teams who were full of bullsh@t about what they could and were going to do.
I take my hat off to the pair of them and I bet the RAF Regt were chuffed to bits in absentia. If not then tuff!
It's probably why some of them tell the girls they're pilots!! I must say the comments from Mr-Burns are a bit rich. If Mikey only touched a weapon on AWP then why aren't you lot doing better and as for him being a co@k - I don't expect you would tell him that to his face as he would probably bite your a@se - he's that sort of 'dog'.
Well done the pair of them.
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Exactly! It's a game show and they played the game really well. 10 years ago, I took part in a mainstream BBC TV quiz show. The editing was unbelievable, a 40 min programme took 3 hours to film and they gave me a scripted statement at the end for my mini 'sound bite'. It was still good fun.
Remember, a Walt is a person who didn't serve anything like their claims. Mikey served in war zones, live armed and under a real enemy threat. Lighten up a bit, they looked cool!
Remember, a Walt is a person who didn't serve anything like their claims. Mikey served in war zones, live armed and under a real enemy threat. Lighten up a bit, they looked cool!
Big three and all that......
A small part of the RAF Regt of course form a small part of the SFSG. I suspect that some of the more vanilla army regiments invented this "big 3" theory based on that and that alone.
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I met more than a handful of knuckleheads in the RAF Regiment
Aircrew Pretending to Be RAF Regt
Was he on the balcony at Lancaster Gate too?
Oh well, each to their own. As full of bluster and ego as he was when in uniform.
Oh well, each to their own. As full of bluster and ego as he was when in uniform.
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Mr Burns
It sounds like you know Mikey quite well, as this is the second thread you've had 'had a go' at him on...
Out of interest, have you ever told him what you think of him to his face?
Thought not.....
Merry Christmas
It sounds like you know Mikey quite well, as this is the second thread you've had 'had a go' at him on...
Out of interest, have you ever told him what you think of him to his face?
Thought not.....
Merry Christmas
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I do know Mikey and I actually have a huge amount of respect for what he did whilst in the Service and for what he's doing now. He was an extremely good pilot, a top bloke to have a beer with and I thought his recent coverage of the Syria crisis was outstanding.
Given what he's done and the theatres he's operated in, I simply don't understand why he needs to pretend to be something he's not. It's kind of insulting to people out there that have seen active / operational service with the RAF Regt.
My other post was what's called a joke.
It's kinda disappointing to see that Integrity and telling the truth aren't as important to some people as they once were.
I also never mentioned him on here by name on this thread...... I left that to others.
If I've upset his fan club then I apologise wholeheartedly.
I do know Mikey and I actually have a huge amount of respect for what he did whilst in the Service and for what he's doing now. He was an extremely good pilot, a top bloke to have a beer with and I thought his recent coverage of the Syria crisis was outstanding.
Given what he's done and the theatres he's operated in, I simply don't understand why he needs to pretend to be something he's not. It's kind of insulting to people out there that have seen active / operational service with the RAF Regt.
My other post was what's called a joke.
It's kinda disappointing to see that Integrity and telling the truth aren't as important to some people as they once were.
I also never mentioned him on here by name on this thread...... I left that to others.
If I've upset his fan club then I apologise wholeheartedly.
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An apology....thanks
Thanks Mr-Burns.....I don't believe he 'insulted' anyone in fact IMHO he enhanced their reputation if anything.
I think we've all discovered over the last couple of years there is a lot more depth to Mikey than initially meets the eye (not meant to be disparaging). He's a quality geezer.
Merry Christmas and a peaceful New Year to you...
end of rant!
I think we've all discovered over the last couple of years there is a lot more depth to Mikey than initially meets the eye (not meant to be disparaging). He's a quality geezer.
Merry Christmas and a peaceful New Year to you...
end of rant!
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I was in a national sports team made up of RAF personnel, some 22-23 years ago. There were two RAF Regt Officers on the team - and between them they ran the intense fitness programme. We were interviewed by the 'medja' (indeed, we had received media training) and the copy from the magazine referred two the RAF Regiment as 'special forces officers'. I was present at the interviews and neither officer mentioned SF in any shape or form, but the journalist clearly 'sexed up' the material.
As a rockape I was always quite happy to shrug off the "knucklehead" jokes and just get on with it. There were times, however, when I had to draw the line. Like the occasion when I was rung up by the flight commander of the helicopter squadron where we were based and asked if I would send a team of my blokes to pick up FOD from the airfield. When I asked how many of his guys would be taking part I had a reply to the effect that his men were highly trained tradesmen and had better things to do than pick up stones. I told him that my blokes were highly trained in their own trade, and were busy stopping his aircraft being blown up, but they would be quite happy to muck in with the others if required, but not to be used as a bunch of coolies.
They eventually did go, but accompanied by a fair assortment of airframe and engine guys (and, I believe, a few pilots!).
They eventually did go, but accompanied by a fair assortment of airframe and engine guys (and, I believe, a few pilots!).