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Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Apr 2024, 17:01
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,330
Posted By SLXOwft

I get your point about 3 Commando Brigade, as it...

I get your point about 3 Commando Brigade, as it appears only (the undermanned) Forty and Four Five Commandos still have a 'traditional role' to any extent, Four Two has a dog's breakfast of roles:
...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Apr 2024, 13:12
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,330
Posted By SLXOwft

(I forgot to click post on the 17th after being...

(I forgot to click post on the 17th after being interrupted) but here's my two penn'orth anyway.

N_a_b Future Commando Force confuses the hell out of me, but my understanding is that LRG(N)...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Apr 2024, 11:19
Replies: 69
Views: 6,331
Posted By SLXOwft

Ave Mog! In Python centurion mode : pedes nostros...

Ave Mog! In Python centurion mode : pedes nostros in stercore semper not 'always in a thing separated out let's put feet' semper always, in meaning into is motion towards so takes the accusative so...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Mar 2024, 19:49
Replies: 30
Views: 8,051
Posted By SLXOwft

We have been discussing the H-47ER deal including...

We have been discussing the H-47ER deal including today's announcement on the SDSR thread. Mods, just wondering if it makes sense to move the relevant posts here?

Start from about here:...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Mar 2024, 17:55
Replies: 17
Views: 3,190
Posted By SLXOwft

Teeny Weeny Airways at Middle Wallop in 1963. ...

Teeny Weeny Airways at Middle Wallop in 1963.

https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/37436/

I first heard the soubriquet used for 3 CBAS

...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Mar 2024, 13:00
Replies: 35
Views: 5,987
Posted By SLXOwft

AFAIK: A few are in storage at Shawbury but...

AFAIK: A few are in storage at Shawbury but others are active; a quick goggle for ZJ913 (the earliest unstored serial) shows it was flying at Coningsby in January, and it has been seen recently with...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Feb 2024, 22:49
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,330
Posted By SLXOwft

True but Thorneycroft announced CVA-01 would be...

True but Thorneycroft announced CVA-01 would be part of a three carrier navy. Jock Slater was Lt J C K Slater RN in 1963, Michael Boyce started at BRNC in 1961 so was a Mid/Actg Sub Lt., they at...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Feb 2024, 16:31
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,330
Posted By SLXOwft

1)Asturias, that'll be the same review that...

1)Asturias, that'll be the same review that suggested 32 Escorts, 10 SSNs and 22 MCMVs? Oh, and the carriers were to be supplemented by an LPH (the former HMS Ocean) and 2 LPDs. I suspect two not...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2024, 18:57
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,330
Posted By SLXOwft

MB 1) Yes they can be fitted with the GAU-22/A...

MB
1) Yes they can be fitted with the GAU-22/A cannon pod
2) No, the UK didn't buy any because

We are not going to get into dogfights 'we don't need to go there because we will make sure we...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2024, 13:00
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,330
Posted By SLXOwft

Through the harbour entrance c1350Z

Through the harbour entrance c1350Z
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Feb 2024, 17:59
Replies: 4,494
Views: 230,580
Posted By SLXOwft

Cheer up, I was in a holding post for 70 years.

Cheer up, I was in a holding post for 70 years.
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Feb 2024, 14:00
Replies: 31
Views: 7,374
Posted By SLXOwft

The Republic chooses not to have an air defence...

The Republic chooses not to have an air defence force for political not economic reasons, this is the country with the second or third highest per capita GDP in the world (depending on source) but...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Feb 2024, 12:56
Replies: 1,596
Views: 355,936
Posted By SLXOwft

N_a_B - while I sympathise with you views on the...

N_a_B - while I sympathise with you views on the likely out come of such a plan, BAES was reported as offering such an option late last year. Navantia had previous made an unsolicited proposal for an...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Feb 2024, 19:40
Replies: 6
Views: 2,208
Posted By SLXOwft

Could it be to keep the MRH-90 pilots in some...

Could it be to keep the MRH-90 pilots in some degree of currency while the replacement fleet ramps up? The Juno lease expires in '29 when the last Blackhawk is due to be delivered.
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Feb 2024, 18:04
Replies: 823
Views: 258,212
Posted By SLXOwft

I would ask Rachel Reeves and John Healey if I...

I would ask Rachel Reeves and John Healey if I wanted a real answer.
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2024, 17:58
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,831,717
Posted By SLXOwft

Wg Cdr Murray - Part 4 207 Squadron – RAF...

Wg Cdr Murray - Part 4

207 Squadron – RAF Bottesford

After his flight in BT308 Tucker flew a few more missions before the squadron moved to RAF Bottesford (roughly halfway between...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Feb 2024, 14:10
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,330
Posted By SLXOwft

Sixty-one years passed between the launching on...

Sixty-one years passed between the launching on HMS Hermes, the previous RN carrier with the primary role of carrying fixed wing aircraft, and the 'launch' of HMS Queen Elizabeth. She went from...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Feb 2024, 17:02
Replies: 12
Views: 2,608
Posted By SLXOwft

Yup, it won the Armed Overwatch competition for...

Yup, it won the Armed Overwatch competition for US Special Operations Command. Now that would be a story.
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Feb 2024, 11:00
Replies: 12
Views: 2,608
Posted By SLXOwft

Wingspan of EMB-314 and C172 are very similar (as...

Wingspan of EMB-314 and C172 are very similar (as are those of the two a/c in the clip) and the Super Tucano is the only low wing, low tailplane prop driven aircraft operated by the Brazilian...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Jan 2024, 20:33
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,831,717
Posted By SLXOwft

Wg Cdr Murray – Part 3 207 Squadron – RAF...

Wg Cdr Murray – Part 3

207 Squadron – RAF Waddington

The squadron had reformed on 1 November 1940 the CO Wg Cdr N C ‘Hetty’ Hyde had gone with a number of officers and NCOs to learn about the...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2024, 17:27
Replies: 117
Views: 39,044
Posted By SLXOwft

I recently watched part of the 2016 series The...

I recently watched part of the 2016 series The Somme 1916:Both Sides of the Wire. One of the themes Peter Barton extracted from reading the evidence was Germans were expected to identify and report...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2024, 16:34
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,831,717
Posted By SLXOwft

Wg Cdr Murray – Part 2 I shall follow Homer...

Wg Cdr Murray – Part 2

I shall follow Homer by starting in medias res with an example of Tucker’s mischievous and somewhat stubborn character. This was revealed to me when, in his late eighties,...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Jan 2024, 18:00
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,831,717
Posted By SLXOwft

Geriavator's posts about 101's special duties has...

Geriavator's posts about 101's special duties has prompted me to want to post about the career of the last wartime commanding officer of No.138 (Special Duty) Squadron, whom it was my privilege to...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Jan 2024, 17:47
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,831,717
Posted By SLXOwft

Sycamore, as a pure guess depending on when...

Sycamore, as a pure guess depending on when initially AG plus wireless operator's sleeve badge or later S(ignaller) or perhaps whatever his previous entitlement had been. Flying Badges except for...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jan 2024, 14:20
Replies: 4,494
Views: 230,580
Posted By SLXOwft

When the starboard wing doesn't know what the...

When the starboard wing doesn't know what the port wing is doing.
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jan 2024, 10:55
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,831,717
Posted By SLXOwft

In my possession is a War Office folder with a...

In my possession is a War Office folder with a photograph of the temporary wooden marker and grave reference for my great-uncle who was killed in France in 1916, it enabled my brother and I to visit...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jan 2024, 09:40
Replies: 117
Views: 39,044
Posted By SLXOwft

Channel 863 (outside NI) on Virgin - I have set a...

Channel 863 (outside NI) on Virgin - I have set a series link to record on my TiVo box
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jan 2024, 10:31
Replies: 4,494
Views: 230,580
Posted By SLXOwft

****NOT AN ENTRY OR PICTURE**** I was...

****NOT AN ENTRY OR PICTURE****



I was bored so did a forum search, this is the earliest that comes up is from the original CAPCOM in 2008 - photo no longer visible
...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jan 2024, 15:21
Replies: 46
Views: 9,376
Posted By SLXOwft

He said it was a harrowing experience

He said it was a harrowing experience
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jan 2024, 11:48
Replies: 46
Views: 9,376
Posted By SLXOwft

I want to know if he is wearing a tie?

I want to know if he is wearing a tie?
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Jan 2024, 15:17
Replies: 75
Views: 20,678
Posted By SLXOwft

The Security Council passed resolution 2722(...

The Security Council passed resolution 2722( Security Council Resolution 2722 - UNSCR (http://unscr.com/en/resolutions/2722) ) before the US/UK strikes, Russia and China abstained and didn't exercise...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jan 2024, 18:28
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,330
Posted By SLXOwft

Somewhat adrift for the discussion as I have been...

Somewhat adrift for the discussion as I have been trying to calm down but here are my increasingly random thoughts. You never know, Shapps may have been reroled be for he can do any of this, although...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jan 2024, 20:06
Replies: 754
Views: 510,707
Posted By SLXOwft

One of my more juvenile photos, I blame an excess...

One of my more juvenile photos, I blame an excess of Polish sausages and US 'beer'.



...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jan 2024, 12:50
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,330
Posted By SLXOwft

I came across a RAND report...

I came across a RAND report...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Dec 2023, 16:06
Replies: 1,418
Views: 468,719
Posted By SLXOwft

The requirement for the system is undeniable,...

The requirement for the system is undeniable, trawling the market place for existing or planned systems to do the job is sensible. I fear, however, like a number of projects for which I have recently...
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