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Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Apr 2024, 02:30
Replies: 42
Views: 7,776
Posted By Finningley Boy

My father was a Servicing Commando on 609 West...

My father was a Servicing Commando on 609 West Riding Squadron, One of I believe 17 Typhoon Squadrons were operated by the RAF and assigned to 2 TAF at the time. I believe there were three...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Apr 2024, 09:28
Replies: 36
Views: 5,313
Posted By Finningley Boy

I'm not entirely impressed by this conversion to...

I'm not entirely impressed by this conversion to maintaining a military posture by Labour. At the same time it is beyond doubt that the Tories have abandoned defence as a serious matter for concern,...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Apr 2024, 03:48
Replies: 7
Views: 2,239
Posted By Finningley Boy

The Tote Board at Boulmer circa 1978/80 had a...

The Tote Board at Boulmer circa 1978/80 had a readiness state QRA slots of 2 and 5 minutes displayed. I never saw anything chinagraphed in against either though, always 10.

FB
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Mar 2024, 23:04
Replies: 33
Views: 5,809
Posted By Finningley Boy

So is there no chance we'll see a prettily...

So is there no chance we'll see a prettily painted Dave?:8

FB
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Mar 2024, 22:55
Replies: 33
Views: 5,809
Posted By Finningley Boy

They look awful pretty!!!!:cool: FB

They look awful pretty!!!!:cool:

FB
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Mar 2024, 18:59
Replies: 33
Views: 5,809
Posted By Finningley Boy

And of course, Mother Riley's Cardboard...

And of course, Mother Riley's Cardboard Aeroplane!:ok:

The scheme is certainly eye catching, but really busy.:8

FB

And I've just noticed that Retired BA/BY betan by Herod also beat me to the...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Mar 2024, 21:03
Replies: 20
Views: 4,315
Posted By Finningley Boy

Or, to part quote Albert Einstein, we may be...

Or, to part quote Albert Einstein, we may be looking at fighting the next war, by then, with sticks and stones?!?!?!

FB
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Mar 2024, 18:19
Replies: 35
Views: 6,038
Posted By Finningley Boy

And the next Government , regardless of political...

And the next Government , regardless of political colour, will be exactly the same.

FB
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Mar 2024, 15:14
Replies: 35
Views: 6,038
Posted By Finningley Boy

We're always told how much poorer we are because...

We're always told how much poorer we are because of Brexit, usually by the same people (I dare say yourself accepted) who insist that we can take in any number of migrants and spend more on foreign...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Mar 2024, 00:30
Replies: 35
Views: 6,038
Posted By Finningley Boy

Is money an insurmountable obstacle now?

I know its easy to be simplistic over these kind of headlines but under the current circumstances, honestly.

Anger as the RAF retires 30 'quick reaction alert' Typhoon jets used to protect Britain...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Feb 2024, 21:49
Replies: 62
Views: 11,335
Posted By Finningley Boy

Incidentally, is it the case that German Tiffies...

Incidentally, is it the case that German Tiffies and their future Dave As are/will be capable of carrying a nuclear device? B61 or whatever will follow it?!

FB
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Feb 2024, 18:31
Replies: 2
Views: 1,474
Posted By Finningley Boy

I think it was 2014 or 2015 which was the last...

I think it was 2014 or 2015 which was the last year that the KLU operated an F-16 solo display. I wonder if the BAF will still put the Tigers together again for Sanicole? Perhaps for the last time,...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Feb 2024, 18:54
Replies: 204
Views: 98,209
Posted By Finningley Boy

And what do we expect from the almost certain...

And what do we expect from the almost certain Labour Government? Just an observation (and by the way, I regard the current Conservative government to be incomprehensibly incompetent and frightened of...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2024, 21:36
Replies: 46
Views: 6,189
Posted By Finningley Boy

Its not a racist joke, its a willy joke! FB

Its not a racist joke, its a willy joke!

FB
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Feb 2024, 19:19
Replies: 46
Views: 6,189
Posted By Finningley Boy

Exactly what I'm saying!:ok: FB

Exactly what I'm saying!:ok:

FB
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Feb 2024, 18:47
Replies: 46
Views: 6,189
Posted By Finningley Boy

Ermm.... yeah, ok, right! FB

Ermm.... yeah, ok, right!

FB
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Feb 2024, 18:08
Replies: 46
Views: 6,189
Posted By Finningley Boy

I'll just say, that with all we get to hear about...

I'll just say, that with all we get to hear about HM Forcs today, it figures!

FB
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Feb 2024, 20:33
Replies: 38
Views: 6,485
Posted By Finningley Boy

Ditto, it would be a sad indictment of the UK if...

Ditto, it would be a sad indictment of the UK if we simply couldn't. A more realistic recruitment drive perhaps when I left the RAF in 1990, we had more than 300 Tonka drivers, and still a shed load...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Feb 2024, 19:05
Replies: 38
Views: 6,485
Posted By Finningley Boy

The problem is the constant errosion over the...

The problem is the constant errosion over the last three+ decades. The cause of all the bother is the political will to cash in on the "Peace Dividend". The attitude following the 1989 collpase of...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Feb 2024, 03:31
Replies: 38
Views: 6,485
Posted By Finningley Boy

Well quite! Mind you it wasn't too long ago our...

Well quite! Mind you it wasn't too long ago our esteemed parliamentarians were hiding behind the claim of fourth largest. But it has always glared that for all these claims of financial output...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2024, 17:33
Replies: 38
Views: 6,485
Posted By Finningley Boy

I have no such dellusions of what kind of country...

I have no such dellusions of what kind of country Saudi Arabia is, I worked directly with the RSAF from 1991 to 1993 and unlike many western chaps in the Jeddah community, refused to attend any of...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2024, 15:33
Replies: 38
Views: 6,485
Posted By Finningley Boy

Apart from their being our allies, you've skipped...

Apart from their being our allies, you've skipped round the point as I would expect. The fact is they can, we can't! Look at it another way, do we ever look at potential adversaries, no matter how...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2024, 13:46
Replies: 38
Views: 6,485
Posted By Finningley Boy

Saudi Hawks update sign of the times for RAFAT

https://www.air-shows.org.uk/2024/02/airshow-news-saudi-hawks-present-new-aircraft-at-world-defense-sh

The Saudi Hawks have changed to the Hawk T65, interesting that our own peerless Red Arrows...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Feb 2024, 18:56
Replies: 167
Views: 22,958
Posted By Finningley Boy

There are of course, the brush fire wars on the...

There are of course, the brush fire wars on the periphery. Korea, Malaya, Cyprus, Borneo, South Yemen (Aden and Radfan Mountains) then of course, Northern Ireland which spanned from 1969 to well past...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Jan 2024, 18:55
Replies: 49
Views: 13,586
Posted By Finningley Boy

No, I rather imagine she was doing her job as an...

No, I rather imagine she was doing her job as an anti-royalist, and I'm sorry to those whose politics are to the left of centre, and perhaps, a little further, as a Leftwinger. She may have a...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jan 2024, 19:02
Replies: 49
Views: 13,586
Posted By Finningley Boy

I thought so but wasn't sure, yet a bit of...

I thought so but wasn't sure, yet a bit of research would have confirmed it.

FB
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jan 2024, 18:34
Replies: 33
Views: 4,835
Posted By Finningley Boy

I met Ken Wallis back in 1988 at RAF Gatow, where...

I met Ken Wallis back in 1988 at RAF Gatow, where he'd brought Little Nell, or one of his machines, for the open day there to mark the 40th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift and "Operation...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jan 2024, 18:20
Replies: 49
Views: 13,586
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...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Dec 2023, 21:34
Replies: 247
Views: 87,431
Posted By Finningley Boy

Sinn Féin say Irish reliance on British forces...

Sinn Féin say Irish reliance on British forces ’embarrassing’ (ukdefencejournal.org.uk) (https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/sinn-fein-say-irish-reliance-on-british-forces-embarrassing/)

Sinn Fein...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Dec 2023, 20:24
Replies: 256
Views: 99,015
Posted By Finningley Boy

Of course, he certainly looks the type! FB

Of course, he certainly looks the type!

FB
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Dec 2023, 20:05
Replies: 256
Views: 99,015
Posted By Finningley Boy

I've no idea who he is....so:E FB

I've no idea who he is....so:E

FB
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Dec 2023, 19:32
Replies: 256
Views: 99,015
Posted By Finningley Boy

It's certainly one hell of an irony that it was...

It's certainly one hell of an irony that it was ACM Wigston caught in the headlights over this.:ooh:

FB
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Dec 2023, 18:03
Replies: 256
Views: 99,015
Posted By Finningley Boy

Toadstool, No one would have thought the...

Toadstool,

No one would have thought the recent problems to surface about the Red Arrows to have been at all likely, until the lid came off. So as to how prevalent it is eslewhere, remains for...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Dec 2023, 16:38
Replies: 256
Views: 99,015
Posted By Finningley Boy

Indeed, but calls by Lucifer, for example, for...

Indeed, but calls by Lucifer, for example, for people to boycott air shows if the Red Arrows are on the billing is quite unnecessary. This is going down the road of running away from Police "men" as...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Dec 2023, 15:51
Replies: 256
Views: 99,015
Posted By Finningley Boy

I was going to stand off on this subject because...

I was going to stand off on this subject because of the volatile emotions already over boiling. However, I would ask one question, when did this all start? One presumes that it wasn't present at...
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