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Old 8th Apr 2021, 07:06
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Wing attack plan R
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Old 8th Apr 2021, 07:10
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General LeMay ramped up Red Flag by inviting the British to take part. The crew ran to the aircraft with the duty free Marlborough as tbe exercise finished
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Chap in blue: "Right, back to the start! Man at the back not correctly dressed."
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As covid 19 restrictions eased there was a mad Scramble to be first to the Golf Course / Pub.
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Goddammit, wish the Navy could sort their subs out, then we could all retire to a nice peaceful desk in Whitehall.
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Why are we rushing, has the balloon gone up?, No that's a U-2 out of Cyprus.
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Why are we rushing?, The last crew back from exercise only gets cold porridge.
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Old 8th Apr 2021, 09:09
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Oh bugger, I've forgotten my passport!
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By being last to board, Hoskins had time for an extra round of toast before dashing to the kite. Mind you, he'd recently had to indent for a size larger flying suit...
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Hoskins was glad the three minute warning went up, he was only b(l)uffing at the card school
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In all the haste it was only discovered when they were approaching Murmansk that the arming pin was left behind. Captain called " Did anyone have a Bobby pin? "
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Old 8th Apr 2021, 10:41
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Sir why have we no parachutes?
Where your going you don't need parachutes
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Post Covid Day 1, and the SWO is on a haircut hunt.
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As they released the device over Kiev, The radio burst into life with BBC Radio Keele
The exchange Italian Navigator said " What-a-mistaka-to -a-maka "
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Old 8th Apr 2021, 10:47
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Blue Cap..
" What's your function on the crew "
" Navigator Sir "
" Thought so, your aircraft is over there "
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On the taceval scramble, crew 3 couldn't wait to get away to Cyprus. Meanwhile in the adjacent bay, crew 4, going to Macrihanish, were in no rush to get off the bus.
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Old 8th Apr 2021, 11:39
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They'd run the evacuation drill so many times that they could do it backward with their eyes closed.
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Man in blue 1-2-3-4-5 -- yep, it's a V force alright.
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With a nod to another thread.....

"Quick lads, the pilot's gone for wee....you fill his boots full of foam and the rest of us will turn the cockpit upside down"
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