Spot the Deliberate Mistake
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Spot the Deliberate Mistake
How on earth can we expect the mainstream press to report accurately (e.g. pictures of RAF personnel being called 'Army') when the MOD cannot even be relied on to produce accurate articles?? Or maybe it is just a ruse to confuse the Russians!
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/u...t-base-in-oman
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/u...t-base-in-oman
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F-ing pathetic. I have used the Comments facility on that link accordingly!
BTW, it’s Mistakes in the plural. Three out of four captions wrong is a very high score on the ineptitude scale.
BTW, it’s Mistakes in the plural. Three out of four captions wrong is a very high score on the ineptitude scale.
How on earth can we expect the mainstream press to report accurately (e.g. pictures of RAF personnel being called 'Army') when the MOD cannot even be relied on to produce accurate articles?? Or maybe it is just a ruse to confuse the Russians!
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/u...t-base-in-oman
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/u...t-base-in-oman
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See also “stationary armoured cars” v. “advancing tanks” and the Chinook Mk. 37b 
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Perhaps a mass of PPRuNe comments on that release might sharpen someone’s pencil in Whitehall? The link is there at the foot of the page!
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Love the shared culture - Omani Post Horn Gallop on a .303 is something though. And Austere so that the guys don't think swimming pools and Ray Band and 5* accommodation.
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A minor point, but they still haven't changed "Royal Omani Air Force" to the correct version "Royal Air Force of Oman"......
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Now the only question is...is that a 105mm gun!!
ps. The Army v RAF comment was a general comment about most press articles that invariably label RAF personnel in combats as Army rather than one about the article per se.....
ps. The Army v RAF comment was a general comment about most press articles that invariably label RAF personnel in combats as Army rather than one about the article per se.....
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Rosevidney, no qualification. When a previous RO post was transferred to CS and a new incumbent to replace an RAFR Sqn Ldr they had a nurse, a teacher and some other pen pushers all of whom saw it as a root to promotion and had not the foggiest idea of the job.
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A degree in anything irrelevant seems to be the basic criterion these days. How we peasants with just O-levels coped I cannot comprehend.
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In my day, a 105 mm was carried on the aircraft's centreline, not slung from the undercarriage mounting. Wonderful what Photoshop can do (if you're careful)
Rosevidney, no qualification. When a previous RO post was transferred to CS and a new incumbent to replace an RAFR Sqn Ldr they had a nurse, a teacher and some other pen pushers all of whom saw it as a root to promotion and had not the foggiest idea of the job.