A question on the Nimrod operating from Lajes. Cold war
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Tapestry was oil rig surveillance and Hawktrail was SAR escort for the transAtlantic deployment of a sqn to the USA or Canada - Hawk was probably Barriers.
Tapestry was oil rig surveillance and Hawktrail was SAR escort for the transAtlantic deployment of a sqn to the USA or Canada - Hawk was probably Barriers.
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The references quoted have been validated, but without sight of these documents it would be injudicious to comment on the respective classified operations.
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I remember Tapestry as mostly vomiting into a bag whilst trying to plot hundreds of radar contacts with the other hand. Thank God MAFFS and DAFFS decided to do the Fishery Protection sorties themselves on the cheap and left us out of it eventually.
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Tapestry= Control fishing boats.
Before you continue speaking. I am not interested in the details of the operations and less those of the North Sea.
Neither I look for names of ships, already they are and accompanied of photographies.
What I want to know is what I ask. A Nimrod could collaborate together with a CTG of the Us navy looking for a submarine? Yes or Not.
It depends on the response, already it will look for the information that I want for another way
Before you continue speaking. I am not interested in the details of the operations and less those of the North Sea.
Neither I look for names of ships, already they are and accompanied of photographies.
What I want to know is what I ask. A Nimrod could collaborate together with a CTG of the Us navy looking for a submarine? Yes or Not.
It depends on the response, already it will look for the information that I want for another way
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Biggus, of course, I plead anno dominii. We actually did both under Tapestry with hours split 70:30 with MAFF/DAFS picking up the bulk.
Our flt cdr produced a comprehensive guide to recognizing oil rigs and on one wonderful sortie, a GSU ride, we were given an air borne retask from a canned GSU sortie west of UK to an oil rig surv in the North Sea assisting a mine hunter that was escorting a rig being towed through the area.
Our flt cdr produced a comprehensive guide to recognizing oil rigs and on one wonderful sortie, a GSU ride, we were given an air borne retask from a canned GSU sortie west of UK to an oil rig surv in the North Sea assisting a mine hunter that was escorting a rig being towed through the area.
