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13th Feb 2024, 14:25
Replies: 33
Views: 14,952
Posted By Just This Once...

To be fair CROWSNEST is also approaching OSD, so...

To be fair CROWSNEST is also approaching OSD, so will soon suffer the usual slicing away of funding in the final 5 years before 2030.
5th Feb 2024, 17:15
Replies: 38
Views: 6,364
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...
5th Feb 2024, 14:43
Replies: 38
Views: 6,364
Posted By Just This Once...

Who cares and who, in the UK, would want to look...

Who cares and who, in the UK, would want to look at Saudi as a guide of what should be done on any given topic. A murderous regime, dripping in money, oil and blood, gets to have some new shiny toys....
2nd Feb 2024, 14:27
Replies: 108
Views: 34,590
Posted By Just This Once...

Yet it became a MoD Commercial 'crisis' as so few...

Yet it became a MoD Commercial 'crisis' as so few of the basics were set before individual aircraft hit the Mk2 programme. For example, the build standard of the aircraft going into the programme...
20th Jan 2024, 15:14
Replies: 196
Views: 37,491
Posted By Just This Once...

Mine arrived this week, despite my 'rejected for...

Mine arrived this week, despite my 'rejected for now' email. It's very flimsy and nothing like the construction of a normal ID card. Shame they come in the Army ID colour only, rather than the light...
15th Jan 2024, 09:44
Replies: 57
Views: 14,943
Posted By Just This Once...

Why would anyone link the name of a rank to the...

Why would anyone link the name of a rank to the size of a squadron? Even if it was linked just what kind of role would we even be talking about - logistics squadron, engineering, admin, flying, ops,...
20th Dec 2023, 21:41
Replies: 28
Views: 8,120
Posted By Just This Once...

Seems odd. I've had a few jobs that required me...

Seems odd. I've had a few jobs that required me to be armed at all times and also be expected to socialise with drinks various. I've been to a fair few embassy events where pretty much everyone had...
18th Dec 2023, 18:23
Replies: 12
Views: 4,006
Posted By Just This Once...

Reasonably sure he displayed in 1993 under the 19...

Reasonably sure he displayed in 1993 under the 19 Sqn banner, still as a flt lt, before he went to the Goblin as a sqn ldr.
22nd Nov 2023, 09:58
Replies: 16
Views: 7,658
Posted By Just This Once...

My memory fades but wasn't that also Ferret's...

My memory fades but wasn't that also Ferret's second Tornado/Jaguar midair, albeit with him flying the Jaguar in the prequel?
20th Nov 2023, 15:10
Replies: 16
Views: 7,658
Posted By Just This Once...

I remember seeing the pictures of the severed...

I remember seeing the pictures of the severed Jaguar forward fuselage / cockpit area - a rather sobering image for anyone routinely flying FJ aircraft at low-level. If I remember correctly, the...
29th Oct 2023, 14:13
Replies: 42
Views: 9,302
Posted By Just This Once...

We will take your suggestion as an implied...

We will take your suggestion as an implied statement that this 'crew' should probably exist, be on-board, be trained and suitably equipped. Otherwise you are giving our clown-show too much credit.
...
9th Oct 2023, 20:12
Replies: 210
Views: 48,328
Posted By Just This Once...

Lord Flashheart: "Thanks, bridesmaid, like the...

Lord Flashheart:
"Thanks, bridesmaid, like the beard. Gives me something to hang onto!"
12th Sep 2023, 13:39
Replies: 210
Views: 48,328
Posted By Just This Once...

The race of man, humans, homo sapiens [aka wise...

The race of man, humans, homo sapiens [aka wise man]... man, where will this end?

If airmanship has to go because it has those 3 letters in the middle of it I guess there is no limit to it. With...
20th Aug 2023, 09:39
Replies: 43
Views: 11,341
Posted By Just This Once...

The RAF is only configured for the deployed 'war...

The RAF is only configured for the deployed 'war of choice' type of operation, nothing more. There is nothing configured to defend the UK itself, should we endure that kind of conflict.

For...
12th Aug 2023, 20:55
Replies: 454
Views: 218,131
Posted By Just This Once...

Security didn't win either. In a futile attempt...

Security didn't win either. In a futile attempt to prevent a mythical long-range photo-op compromise of the intake and exhaust they manage to drop the whole thing into international waters.

Yep,...
8th Aug 2023, 10:10
Replies: 18
Views: 6,743
Posted By Just This Once...

Seems legit as we all know that if you relax the...

Seems legit as we all know that if you relax the controls within a 20 mile radius you always find yourself within the Shobden Magnet.
13th Jul 2023, 12:40
Replies: 51
Views: 16,550
Posted By Just This Once...

A real-world pay cut that is part-funded by...

A real-world pay cut that is part-funded by additional cuts to defence capability and set at a level below the 'overall public sector rate' of 6%.

Yep, it managed to be the worst of all worlds.
15th Jun 2023, 12:43
Replies: 453
Views: 137,377
Posted By Just This Once...

Unless it changed very late in the day all 25...

Unless it changed very late in the day all 25 were purchased with probes. They became de facto role equipment from the outset in that no spare probes were procured and the servicing & repair margin...
15th Jun 2023, 11:31
Replies: 442
Views: 169,796
Posted By Just This Once...

Jacko, check the date and context of your quote. ...

Jacko, check the date and context of your quote. It isn't relevant today.
9th Jun 2023, 10:13
Replies: 98
Views: 35,670
Posted By Just This Once...

Happens in commercial industry, overseas...

Happens in commercial industry, overseas contractors, government, civil servants & militaries around the world. Families still get a kicking though, whatever part of private or public employment you...
8th Jun 2023, 15:58
Replies: 7,427
Views: 2,379,627
Posted By Just This Once...

10/17 number includes those alongside, returning...

10/17 number includes those alongside, returning for maintenance or repair, preparing to sail or just about to undergo a knee-trembling feasibility assessment to see if they will ever sail again etc....
2nd Jun 2023, 15:42
Replies: 7,427
Views: 2,379,627
Posted By Just This Once...

RN never seems to have a consistent message...

RN never seems to have a consistent message regarding fixed-wing aviation....

Other than attacking the RAF of course.
21st May 2023, 11:17
Replies: 106
Views: 53,970
Posted By Just This Once...

The Martin-Baker arm restraints entered service...

The Martin-Baker arm restraints entered service in the early 1970s and were standard equipment on the Tornado from first flight (1974?). They have been adopted to many other types since then,...
20th May 2023, 10:03
Replies: 9,387
Views: 4,204,775
Posted By Just This Once...

"You got time to duck?" ...

"You got time to duck?"


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Not sure it helped.
2nd May 2023, 20:31
Replies: 25
Views: 7,241
Posted By Just This Once...

Not sure a Tucano is the place to be in a MANPAD...

Not sure a Tucano is the place to be in a MANPAD environment with no IR DAS. Yikes!
28th Apr 2023, 19:47
Replies: 203
Views: 72,354
Posted By Just This Once...

That lady will be of no help to the RAF.

That lady will be of no help to the RAF.
21st Apr 2023, 17:29
Replies: 40
Views: 11,540
Posted By Just This Once...

Did anyone predict the question? Seriously,...

Did anyone predict the question?

Seriously, if he is a friend and not known for telling tales then why are you posting on the internet in an effort to discredit him?

As an aside, incentive...
3rd Apr 2023, 13:39
Replies: 65
Views: 18,126
Posted By Just This Once...

For aircraft with only a spindly emergency hook...

For aircraft with only a spindly emergency hook you don't drop them whilst airborne unless you are attempting to engage the approach end. If you dragged such a hook down the runway length to the...
3rd Apr 2023, 13:04
Replies: 19
Views: 2,089
Posted By Just This Once...

What a terribly unhelpful, biased and politically...

What a terribly unhelpful, biased and politically divisive document. Direct swipes at, or blame placed on, the Biden administration and linking current policies to 'Marxism'. Oh and an undefined...
19th Mar 2023, 11:51
Replies: 203
Views: 72,354
Posted By Just This Once...

So far it is only you who said he is in the RAF...

So far it is only you who said he is in the RAF and on paid leave.

By 'all accounts' you say... that will be just yours I guess. Poor effort at thread deviation, whatever your agenda.
18th Mar 2023, 12:12
Replies: 280
Views: 108,602
Posted By Just This Once...

It's been quite a while since the USAF UAV...

It's been quite a while since the USAF UAV community engaged in air-to-air fighting against Russian-built fast jets. In the 2002 example the AIM-92 fired from the Predator crossed the inbound path...
14th Feb 2023, 11:26
Replies: 291
Views: 109,445
Posted By Just This Once...

Getting a T45 over land is tricky. Finding one...

Getting a T45 over land is tricky. Finding one afloat that could match the speed of a balloon or actually intercept it is even trickier. :E
14th Feb 2023, 09:01
Replies: 103
Views: 21,788
Posted By Just This Once...

This is delusional Royal Navy thinking at its...

This is delusional Royal Navy thinking at its best. Your new ship eating itself and needing extensive repairs is precisely the reverse of an actual military capability. Only a fool would claim a...
11th Feb 2023, 11:53
Replies: 31
Views: 12,283
Posted By Just This Once...

If you are operating the F-16 you have to be...

If you are operating the F-16 you have to be paranoid with FOD. At idle, at very low speed or static the F-16 will pick-up anything on the ground that is close to the intake and not bolted down, due...
9th Feb 2023, 13:39
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