What Military Aircraft Would You Bring Back To Service?
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What Military Aircraft Would You Bring Back To Service?
Just passing the time away for fun, if possible what aircraft would you bring back to service mine would be the Vulcan!!
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Tornado EF3 - plenty of need for a dedicated electronic attack aircraft in a more contested environment. It’s been a gaping hole in our inventory for a while now (the GR1/GR4 with ALARM was always a lash-up role for that aircraft - without any emitter location or stand-off jamming capability).
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I hate to say it, but the Harrier!
I would like to have seen what we would have done with the TSR2 and the changes that would have resulted.
If I could bring back in to service any aircraft, it would be the Buccaneer.
If I could bring back in to service any aircraft, it would be the Buccaneer.
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I was told by one of our Squadron “Navs” how he had withdrawn himself from pilot training after his Balliol torque rolled him through 720 degrees, at very low level over the runway, one dark night after he gave it too much throttle from a low speed go-around.
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I'm in agreement with unmanned-droid. It would have to be a re-engined Buccaneer, should have been plenty of BR710s available after the Nimrod cancellation. With a glass cockpit and modern avionic systems, would have been a winner.
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Well, as this is for fun I would certainly relish the opportunity to fly the Buccaneer again. However, as this venture could give me an opportunity to fly an aircraft that I have not flown but wish I had it would have to be the De Havilland Hornet. Allegedly it was one of the nicest aircraft to fly ever built.
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And there is a Hornet build in the wings I believe, all be it static.