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Forum: Military Aviation
28th Aug 2021, 15:23
Replies: 891
Views: 216,257
Posted By langleybaston

My ideal final scenario has the youngest and most...

My ideal final scenario has the youngest and most shattered Tom pulling the up lever and Biden left on the tarmac trying to remember how to salute, covered in downwash and turds.
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Aug 2021, 21:39
Replies: 891
Views: 216,257
Posted By langleybaston

You want UK to send aid?

You want UK to send aid?
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Aug 2021, 20:20
Replies: 891
Views: 216,257
Posted By langleybaston

ORAC is not talking about history, he is talking...

ORAC is not talking about history, he is talking about now, the "now" tragedy evolving in Kabul and at the airport.

Trump was yesterday, Biden is today, Biden is culpable, Biden has done worse...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Aug 2021, 19:07
Replies: 891
Views: 216,257
Posted By langleybaston

"Troops are said to be down to their last rations...

"Troops are said to be down to their last rations with only the clothes they are wearing and day-packs"

We ask a great deal of our men and women. My thanks, thoughts and indeed prayers.
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Aug 2021, 14:05
Replies: 891
Views: 216,257
Posted By langleybaston

D Tel today Amid the widespread panic,...

D Tel today

Amid the widespread panic, chaos, and looting of Afghanistan’s capital by murderous Taliban thugs, 900 British military personnel are undertaking a desperate airlift mission. The...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Aug 2021, 22:14
Replies: 891
Views: 216,257
Posted By langleybaston

Thank you. About as good as it gets in a dire...

Thank you. About as good as it gets in a dire situation.

I fear the run up to the Taliban deadline [sheesh! imagine that!] will be more dreadful by the day. Stone age fanatics versus a nation...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Aug 2021, 19:51
Replies: 891
Views: 216,257
Posted By langleybaston

See Allister Heath in the D Tel: sheesh! USA...

See Allister Heath in the D Tel: sheesh! USA entering terminal decline. Makes a powerful case.
Please tell me it's not true
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Aug 2021, 14:49
Replies: 891
Views: 216,257
Posted By langleybaston

Listening to the debate in Parliament I wondered...

Listening to the debate in Parliament I wondered which planet some folk [May, Starmer et al] were from.

The naked truth is surely that if the US leaves, we must leave. These clever politicians...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Aug 2021, 18:52
Replies: 891
Views: 216,257
Posted By langleybaston

Thank you very much. Perhaps razor wire and the...

Thank you very much. Perhaps razor wire and the right gloves and training would have been an answer, but the perimeter must be miles ...... one for the loggies and engineers.

But was is an admiral...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Aug 2021, 19:43
Replies: 891
Views: 216,257
Posted By langleybaston

Clearly not a meeting of minds, and this thread...

Clearly not a meeting of minds, and this thread is not going to answer my serious question, so I shall research it off Forum.
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Aug 2021, 19:21
Replies: 891
Views: 216,257
Posted By langleybaston

Pause righteous anger for a moment and just ask...

Pause righteous anger for a moment and just ask yourself "is firing in the air a good riot strategy?" Does it work? What is taught these days, or is it only taught to officers?
If it is not taught,...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Aug 2021, 18:59
Replies: 891
Views: 216,257
Posted By langleybaston

aside from the allegedly unpredictable weather,...

aside from the allegedly unpredictable weather, could you please answer the question about the historical British attitude towards firing shots in the air, and current military doctrine.
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Aug 2021, 16:18
Replies: 891
Views: 216,257
Posted By langleybaston

Reports of US "firing in the air" are...

Reports of US "firing in the air" are interesting.

As a military historian of small merit, my understanding of British protocols is/ was that such a thing was not to be contemplated.
Transfer of...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Aug 2021, 16:32
Replies: 891
Views: 216,257
Posted By langleybaston

Thank you. We have idiot MPs saying we should...

Thank you.
We have idiot MPs saying we should have stayed, even when US leaves. What planet do they live on?
Have our "600 paras" pitched up yet? Mighty quiet on that score.
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Aug 2021, 16:18
Replies: 891
Views: 216,257
Posted By langleybaston

Don't the regiment have Force Protection duty? ...

Don't the regiment have Force Protection duty?
One assumes our relief aircraft must use the airport?

And is Brize runway still partially u/s?

BJ seems well behind the curve.
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Aug 2021, 08:38
Replies: 891
Views: 216,257
Posted By langleybaston

it's just grandstanding and impossible. ...

it's just grandstanding

and impossible.

Walk away, don't look back.
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Aug 2021, 18:51
Replies: 891
Views: 216,257
Posted By langleybaston

Evacuation? One of the most difficult, often...

Evacuation?

One of the most difficult, often practised, sometimes cocked-up, military evolutions was withdrawal on the NW Frontier. John Masters and others describe the meticulous planning and...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Aug 2021, 17:35
Replies: 891
Views: 216,257
Posted By langleybaston

Do we, the British, have any vital strategic...

Do we, the British, have any vital strategic interests in Afghanistan?

If not, call the last 20 years "water under the bridge", with tragic loss of life, many woundings, PTSD, and the colossal...
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