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25th Mar 2024, 09:52
Replies: 2
Views: 948
Posted By Davef68

I bet there is an administrator in the Pentagon...

I bet there is an administrator in the Pentagon still fuming about them being allowed to use the EA-37 designator.... ironically because the first A-37 was a result of a similar re-designation!
23rd Mar 2024, 15:44
Replies: 25
Views: 5,200
Posted By stevef

Lots of snarky comments but I bet most of you...

Lots of snarky comments but I bet most of you would sell your favourite auntie for a Super Hornet backseat ride. :E
20th Mar 2024, 19:13
Replies: 12
Views: 4,758
Posted By chopper2004

I thought the 42nd ECS EF-1-11 were only at Upper...

I thought the 42nd ECS EF-1-11 were only at Upper Heyford ??

cheers
19th Mar 2024, 21:41
Replies: 48
Views: 10,800
Posted By NutLoose

I hope not :(

I hope not :(
21st Feb 2024, 08:42
Replies: 62
Views: 11,043
Posted By pr00ne

Nevertheless our sole nuclear deterrent has...

Nevertheless our sole nuclear deterrent has failed the last twice that it was tested.
Some deterrent…
12th Feb 2024, 23:46
Replies: 122
Views: 18,132
Posted By iRaven

You missed the point - it doesn’t matter what...

You missed the point - it doesn’t matter what they look like, it’s what they can do as a team that counts… :ugh:

If you select them for what they look like, the chances are they will fail.
12th Feb 2024, 23:04
Replies: 122
Views: 18,132
Posted By iRaven

Diverse teams can be just as ineffective as...

Diverse teams can be just as ineffective as non-diverse teams if you only think appearance, culture and background. The strength comes from the diverse skills within that team, that is why...
12th Feb 2024, 21:48
Replies: 5
Views: 1,777
Posted By Mogwi

Good grief! Not a bushy-top tree in sight! How...

Good grief! Not a bushy-top tree in sight! How FAC has changed.

Mog
12th Feb 2024, 18:28
Replies: 122
Views: 18,132
Posted By langleybaston

You may have misunderstood, or maybe not. I was...

You may have misunderstood, or maybe not. I was trying to say that very very few women can pass the physical requirements. Women are different from men. My only detailed knowledge is the case of my...
12th Feb 2024, 18:26
Replies: 122
Views: 18,132
Posted By rudestuff

Absolute standard should mean just that. No extra...

Absolute standard should mean just that. No extra 3 minutes for being female, over 40 or just a fat WO2...
12th Feb 2024, 15:44
Replies: 122
Views: 18,132
Posted By Mogwi

War on woke

I see that the Defence Secretary has declared that;

“Time and resources are being squandered to promote a political agenda which is pitting individuals against each other, when what we need is a...
10th Feb 2024, 10:00
Replies: 108
Views: 35,178
Posted By Chugalug2

I hope that those with the technical means have...

I hope that those with the technical means have managed to save the two episodes of Chinook ZD576, whether to PVR or computer drives. Having watched both I am in awe of the families in their...
6th Feb 2024, 11:28
Replies: 185
Views: 42,961
Posted By snapper41

Episode three: ’This is the largest air...

Episode three:

’This is the largest air armada ever assembled in the history of mankind!’

Well, apart from the three RAF 1,000 bomber raids over a year earlier, all of which were bigger…
5th Feb 2024, 22:32
Replies: 38
Views: 6,390
Posted By pr00ne

UK 6th largest defence budget in the world. ...

UK 6th largest defence budget in the world.

Hardly abandoned, more like badly mismanaged .
5th Feb 2024, 17:15
Replies: 38
Views: 6,390
Posted By Just This Once...

I think you have a warped sense of what an ally...

I think you have a warped sense of what an ally is - we share no values, culture, loyalty, common history or have any mutual defence treaties with the House of Saud. UK PLC's interest in that land...
2nd Feb 2024, 21:34
Replies: 167
Views: 22,324
Posted By ORAC

25 years as a Cold War warrior - no medals or...

25 years as a Cold War warrior - no medals or awards of any description. Quite happy about - seeing as t9 the alternative which would have generated them.

Got rid of my uniforms after I left,...
2nd Feb 2024, 17:13
Replies: 167
Views: 22,324
Posted By MPN11

... or a Chief Constable. :ouch:

... or a Chief Constable. :ouch:
2nd Feb 2024, 12:48
Replies: 167
Views: 22,324
Posted By Bob Viking

An alternate view

I actually believe it wouldn’t be a bad thing if all people who served a minimum period in the military got a medal to prove they had served. Nowadays that could just be considered to be the LSGCM...
2nd Feb 2024, 08:50
Replies: 167
Views: 22,324
Posted By langleybaston

As civvies, Met. would not get any such medal,...

As civvies, Met. would not get any such medal, and rightly so.
However, 15 of my 40 years were overseas and they were harder work and more rewarding than UK.
Winning the Cold War was reward enough,...
30th Jan 2024, 09:28
Replies: 22
Views: 5,783
Posted By teeteringhead

Puts me in mind of the alleged procurement tale -...

Puts me in mind of the alleged procurement tale - many years ago - of the RAF's Wessex.

The RN already had their Mk 5s, and the RAF wanted something very similar, which became the Mk 2 (don't...
30th Jan 2024, 08:25
Replies: 22
Views: 5,783
Posted By melmothtw

STOVL carriers and F-35B changed to CATOBAR...

STOVL carriers and F-35B changed to CATOBAR carriers and F-35C changed back to STOVL carriers and F-35B.

Eurofighter design requirement for a gun. No longer 'need' gun so decide to take gun out....
16th Jan 2024, 15:08
Replies: 159
Views: 34,043
Posted By Mogwi

When MOGWI snr was de-mobbed in 1946, he rather...

When MOGWI snr was de-mobbed in 1946, he rather wanted to keep his “lucky” Irvin flying jacket. He noticed that any returned jackets that were not serviceable were being burnt on a bonfire, behind...
12th Jan 2024, 18:20
Replies: 49
Views: 13,398
Posted By Finningley Boy

I was never entirely certin whether HRH Harry was...

I was never entirely certin whether HRH Harry was a trained pilot or a Weapons Officer/Observer, I'm not sure of the precise term the Army use for their "Back Seaters", however, if there is one thing...
12th Jan 2024, 10:58
Replies: 49
Views: 13,398
Posted By rugmuncher

More like a living "Bell-end".

More like a living "Bell-end".
12th Jan 2024, 09:23
Replies: 49
Views: 13,398
Posted By MPN11

​​​​​​​That sums it up, really.

​​​​​​​That sums it up, really.
5th Jan 2024, 14:50
Replies: 265
Views: 78,931
Posted By Asturias56

I think Marcantilan has it - every country has...

I think Marcantilan has it - every country has its share of nutters and conspiracy freaks - after all we've got Sharkey :(
5th Jan 2024, 09:00
Replies: 28
Views: 9,711
Posted By Chugalug2

That's the nub of it! He has somehow performed...

That's the nub of it! He has somehow performed the impossible and informed us not only of the arcane world of airworthiness, of how it should be and unfortunately isn't, but of how the MOD...
30th Dec 2023, 22:31
Replies: 43
Views: 6,616
Posted By BEagle

Normally, an aircraft will have a certified...

Normally, an aircraft will have a certified maximum take-off mass (MTOM). For specific operations, military aircraft can be authorised to operate at greater mass within certain carefully defined...
30th Dec 2023, 01:22
Replies: 265
Views: 78,931
Posted By Marcantilan

The story about Invincible sunk is followed by...

The story about Invincible sunk is followed by people who believe in flat earth, lizards in power and so on.

Those people are around all the globe (or all around the table), not only in Argentina.
28th Dec 2023, 21:40
Replies: 13
Views: 2,816
Posted By Mogwi

Agreed. But in this case it is the Royal Air...

Agreed. But in this case it is the Royal Air Force that is advertising for recruits from the “Royal Air Force” (despite it encompassing the other two services) and I personally, as someone who was...
28th Dec 2023, 11:55
Replies: 13
Views: 2,816
Posted By Ken Scott

​​​​​​​Perhaps because hundreds of British...

​​​​​​​Perhaps because hundreds of British servicemen were killed and wounded in order to prevent the Islands from being called ‘Las Malvinas’?
19th Dec 2023, 11:49
Replies: 95
Views: 10,981
Posted By jimgriff

Martin Baker MB5

Martin Baker MB5
17th Dec 2023, 16:02
Replies: 114
Views: 51,821
Posted By RetiredBA/BY

Watched it this afternoon found it quite...

Watched it this afternoon found it quite emotional having trained in Vampires, so long ago.,
Same uniforms, flying kit and the Vampire night start.
The west Raynham mess, now so sadly...
13th Dec 2023, 11:59
Replies: 8
Views: 3,106
Posted By wondering

How about letting Sweden into NATO and Turkey...

How about letting Sweden into NATO and Turkey gets the Typhoons? Turkish bazaar for you.
5th Dec 2023, 09:00
Replies: 7
Views: 2,376
Posted By Davef68

Blame the UK Government for writing the...

Blame the UK Government for writing the legislation to not exempt Service personnel when they gave the Scottish parliament extra tax raising powers.

Other countries aren't part of the UK
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