Jon Snow’s grasp of Air Power
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Originally Posted by SASless
Aw Geez Ya'll!
Perhaps a Plod Team that tracks down the Drone and when the operator is apprehended they hold a public flogging by the Beefeaters at the Tower of London!
Perhaps a Plod Team that tracks down the Drone and when the operator is apprehended they hold a public flogging by the Beefeaters at the Tower of London!
The couple arrested on suspicion of the Gatwick drone attack are a husband and wife from Crawley, the Telegraph can reveal.
Paul Gait, 47, and his wife Elaine Kirk, 54, were detained by police at their detached home in West Sussex at around 10pm on Friday night.
Father of two, Mr Gait, who works as a window fitter, is understood to be a drone enthusiast who also flew remote control helicopters.
But his boss insisted he had been working when the drone attacks were taking place and said he would be shocked if he had anything to do with the incident.
Paul Gait, 47, and his wife Elaine Kirk, 54, were detained by police at their detached home in West Sussex at around 10pm on Friday night.
Father of two, Mr Gait, who works as a window fitter, is understood to be a drone enthusiast who also flew remote control helicopters.
But his boss insisted he had been working when the drone attacks were taking place and said he would be shocked if he had anything to do with the incident.
Originally Posted by ExRAFRadar
Really?
I would suggest that this officer be reported and dealt with. EW is probably the most sacred cow any force can have.
Even a tech airman would know not to blab about what he does or knows.
I would suggest that this officer be reported and dealt with. EW is probably the most sacred cow any force can have.
Even a tech airman would know not to blab about what he does or knows.
To add to that I recently attended a lecture at the R AE S where the then CAS gave a PUBLIC lecture on the latest RAF, capabilities of similar nature. Hugely informative and enlightening, but, I assume, nothing of remotely secret or even confidential nature.
He was certainly not blabbing, just telling us that the current RAF is, in many ways, far more capable than many of us knew.
Perhaps I should extend my reading beyond Flypast. Aeroplane and the Journals of GAPAN. and the RAe S !
) I think those people have no idea what they have unleashed upon themselves. Merry Christmas!
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Apologies RetiredBA I admit I did bite a bit too hard. Maybe its because I was in during the 80's at the height of the cold war.
There was very much an attitude of 'Don't tell them Pike' about all things green.
I acknowledge that at a presentation given by the CAS there are not going to be secrets disclosed.
I think it was the mention of a bar where your conversation took place that tweaked my old, still ingrained reflex action.
Put it down to watching all those old 'Who is listening' films we had to watch.
There was very much an attitude of 'Don't tell them Pike' about all things green.
I acknowledge that at a presentation given by the CAS there are not going to be secrets disclosed.
I think it was the mention of a bar where your conversation took place that tweaked my old, still ingrained reflex action.
Put it down to watching all those old 'Who is listening' films we had to watch.
Originally Posted by ExRAFRadar
Apologies RetiredBA I admit I did bite a bit too hard. Maybe its because I was in during the 80's at the height of the cold war.
There was very much an attitude of 'Don't tell them Pike' about all things green.
I acknowledge that at a presentation given by the CAS there are not going to be secrets disclosed.
I think it was the mention of a bar where your conversation took place that tweaked my old, still ingrained reflex action.
Put it down to watching all those old 'Who is listening' films we had to watch.
There was very much an attitude of 'Don't tell them Pike' about all things green.
I acknowledge that at a presentation given by the CAS there are not going to be secrets disclosed.
I think it was the mention of a bar where your conversation took place that tweaked my old, still ingrained reflex action.
Put it down to watching all those old 'Who is listening' films we had to watch.
I, too, was in the RAF during the cold war, was PV cleared, co pilot on nuclear armed squadron assigned to SACEUR !
But 50 years ago !
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
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Originally Posted by RetiredBA/BY
Thank you !
I, too, was in the RAF during the cold war, was PV cleared, co pilot on nuclear armed squadron assigned to SACEUR !
But 50 years ago !
As an example of protecting secrets that aren't secret was a Russian magazine that had a full description of NATO ASW detection systems from sonobuoys, through towed arrays to SOSUS.
The couple arrested in connection with the drone attack at Gatwick airport have been released without charge.
The news came as Gatwick Airport offered a reward of £50,000 for information leading to the capture of those responsible.
The couple were held for questioning for almost 36 hours, but sources told the Telegraph they had been released without charge.
The news came as Gatwick Airport offered a reward of £50,000 for information leading to the capture of those responsible.
The couple were held for questioning for almost 36 hours, but sources told the Telegraph they had been released without charge.
Damaged drone found at Gatwick Airport as bosses offer £50,000 reward Sussex Police Detective Chief Superintendent Jason Tingley said in an interview on Sky News:
I can say yesterday we recovered a damaged drone close to the perimeter of Gatwick Airport... and we will be doing everything we can with regards to progressing a forensic examination of that drone.
"That's something that will be fast-tracked and expedited."
I can say yesterday we recovered a damaged drone close to the perimeter of Gatwick Airport... and we will be doing everything we can with regards to progressing a forensic examination of that drone.
"That's something that will be fast-tracked and expedited."
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My immediate reaction when I first heard the news was, why don't the airlines involved in the chaos together offer a £100,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator. Half the population of Sussex would have been keeping an eye open for suspicious activity.
Originally Posted by ValMORNA
My immediate reaction when I first heard the news was, why don't the airlines involved in the chaos together offer a £100,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator. Half the population of Sussex would have been keeping an eye open for suspicious activity.
