Who pays for "child minding Air Force 1 & the rest at Fairford?
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Worrying sign.
A very worrying sign. US law applied in the UK - terrible. Use of deadly force authorized?
The special relationship is stone dead these days, we shouldn't allow another nation to dictate their law in this manner here.
The special relationship is stone dead these days, we shouldn't allow another nation to dictate their law in this manner here.
It might be an RAF Station, but they can use deadly force.
Did they or did they not have live rounds in their mags? Hmm?
And that wasn't to deter Islamist cnuts; it was to deter Christian (I use the term loosely) cnuts.
"The special relationship is stone dead these days, we shouldn't allow another nation to dictate their law in this manner here."
You mean in the same way that we obeyed Iraqi and Afghan laws when we were guarding BAS or KAF?
You mean in the same way that we obeyed Iraqi and Afghan laws when we were guarding BAS or KAF?
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what surprised me is that for his visit to Stonehenge they apparently landed the helicopter at Boscombe and they pre-positioned one of his "cars" to take him down the road - shurely they could have landed next to the stones - or in the car park?
The helicopters must have the same secure comms as the "car" after all
The helicopters must have the same secure comms as the "car" after all
I remember hearing about some boneheaded RAF orderly officer ignoring the challenge from an armed guard back in V Force QRA days and getting shot for his trouble.
Dont know the details or even whether the story was true or not. Anyone know?
Dont know the details or even whether the story was true or not. Anyone know?
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Mildenhall, Fairford, North Ruislip, Brize, well three of those four served steak with an egg on it for breakfast in the sixties but the other?
It weird what stuck in my mind. I guess old age is, er, I forget what I was saying.
It weird what stuck in my mind. I guess old age is, er, I forget what I was saying.
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Don't remember, I was so gobsmacked. I'd never even seen a steak before! I just remember this bloke dishing up and saying, " Why not have an egg on the sir?"
There were seven helicopters and a 20-odd vehicle motorcade!
Are you sure the 747 you saw was the actual AF1 used or the back up.
I know at times the Prez is in one and it's exact twin sometimes tags along. Both were parked nose to nose in Brazil back in the 1990's during a state visit. Two beautiful birds.
I know at times the Prez is in one and it's exact twin sometimes tags along. Both were parked nose to nose in Brazil back in the 1990's during a state visit. Two beautiful birds.
Remember a few months back, when his good self came across to the Benelux countries for the Nuke 
conference amongst 70 other countries. Well spotted this beauty with blood lol facing 29er with a Moose also facing the same direction in case of .....well-caught-short-lets-shout-for-help
I am led to believe the above in ma pic, has appeared again at the end of last week facing, re-posing in the same fashionable way -
p.s you re sure the plod that decamped at the HAS in Boscombe are not there just to protect the Black Manta in it ha ha lol ,
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conference amongst 70 other countries. Well spotted this beauty with blood lol facing 29er with a Moose also facing the same direction in case of .....well-caught-short-lets-shout-for-helpI am led to believe the above in ma pic, has appeared again at the end of last week facing, re-posing in the same fashionable way -
p.s you re sure the plod that decamped at the HAS in Boscombe are not there just to protect the Black Manta in it ha ha lol ,
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""The" helicopter? "The" car?
There were seven helicopters and a 20-odd vehicle motorcade!"
I was thinking of the Beast he uses - the one that got stuck in Dublin a couple of years ago...................... hysterically funny
There were seven helicopters and a 20-odd vehicle motorcade!"
I was thinking of the Beast he uses - the one that got stuck in Dublin a couple of years ago...................... hysterically funny
My family was lodged at RAF Fairford Married Quarters when I underwent VC10 training at BOAC Cranebank. We were the first to occupy those Qtrs, built for USAF personnel, after they left.
It had central heating and the first energy bill was more than my salary. An investigatiion found that the USAF paid for everything and those servicemen would tie wet cloths around the thermostat to trigger a higher temp....and they rusted.
We had special dispensation on our bills but soon left to go to a hiring in Carterton.
Always wondered what the RAF did with those M.Qs.
It had central heating and the first energy bill was more than my salary. An investigatiion found that the USAF paid for everything and those servicemen would tie wet cloths around the thermostat to trigger a higher temp....and they rusted.
We had special dispensation on our bills but soon left to go to a hiring in Carterton.
Always wondered what the RAF did with those M.Qs.
