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- Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:17 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: 2024 Typhoon Display Jet
- Replies: 35
- Views: 1766
Re: 2024 Typhoon Display Jet
Interesting they chose what appears to be one of the most infrequently seen single-seat T1 jets, hope it's not a hangar queen. Apart from the Black painted thing not many do appear often.. After march next year, the only place anyone gets to see one will be Mount Pleasant. Or a fleeting glimpse of ...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:29 am
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: 2024 Typhoon Display Jet
- Replies: 35
- Views: 1766
Re: 2024 Typhoon Display Jet
Same number of Squadrons, but just less airframes on them per Sqn....
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:53 am
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: 2024 Typhoon Display Jet
- Replies: 35
- Views: 1766
Re: 2024 Typhoon Display Jet
ZJ929 and ZJ939 have already been retired to Warton, along with ZJ937 which isn't yet retired.
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:38 am
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Argentina to buy 24 Danish F-16
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2374
Re: Argentina to buy 24 Danish F-16
Well yes as NATO clearly isn't on the bottle every night, and I seem to recall it was President Yeltsin (doing the same)at the time... So yes you were clearly dreaming about Putin. Oh and a wee bit of research will tell you that all but 1 or 2 of the Tu-22M3s were scrapped the pair of survivors went...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:43 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Argentina to buy 24 Danish F-16
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2374
Re: Argentina to buy 24 Danish F-16
This Argentinian NATO application is another ruse inspired by those allegedly duplicitous Turkish members who are still sore about the Wooden Horse stunt way back!...imo. :whistle: How many other NATO members aside from Turkey have Russian missile systems? :grr: For Argentina, just join NATO & whil...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 7:36 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Akrotiri and Romania typhoons
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1423
Re: Akrotiri and Romania typhoons
Checking any reports from Coningsby for either of those or on Lossiemouth for the latter might be a starter. Otherwise, as the former change frequently, no.
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 7:47 pm
- Forum: Warbirds, Replicas and Nostalgic Photography
- Topic: Shackleton XF708 @ Duxford - 23Mar24
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1059
Re: Shackleton XF708 @ Duxford - 23Mar24
Going on the time they took to restore the Victor, which is now inside Airspace. I'd say this is following that trend....
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:15 pm
- Forum: Current Military Photography
- Topic: Convoi Exceptionnel
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2319
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:41 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Duxford Crash
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3414
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:54 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Duxford Crash
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3414
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 1:10 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: RAF Boeing H-47ER
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5580
Re: RAF Boeing H-47ER
I expect there will be at least 14 retirements from the existing fleet, if not all originals bought in the early 1980s. It was supposedly going to be 9 of the oldest airframes out of the 60 in the fleet, so with an eventual fleet of 51, that probably will be the case. However they have retired 2 of...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:11 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: RAF Boeing H-47ER
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5580
Re: RAF Boeing H-47ER
And deduct the 6 already retired
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 5:48 pm
- Forum: Warbirds, Replicas and Nostalgic Photography
- Topic: Photo Request - Waddington Gate Guard Victor XL189
- Replies: 5
- Views: 810
Re: Photo Request - Waddington Gate Guard Victor XL189
To Waddington 2 July 1986 0fficially for Ground instructional use.
But put on display as a gate guardian, sadly a victim of the infamous One Gate Guardian only per airfield policy.
Scrapped August 1989
But put on display as a gate guardian, sadly a victim of the infamous One Gate Guardian only per airfield policy.
Scrapped August 1989
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:24 pm
- Forum: RAF Waddington
- Topic: WAVE - When did it open?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1258
Re: WAVE - When did it open?
Same day 23 Squadron became the second E-3 Squadron
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:58 am
- Forum: Warbirds, Replicas and Nostalgic Photography
- Topic: 6 Sqn. (The Flying Can Openers) reach 110
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1377
Re: 6 Sqn. (The Flying Can Openers) reach 110
6 sqn 100th anniversary special Typhoon arriving at Fairford RIAT in 2014. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51031833776_a8fdb2bc7f_h.jpg Typhoon FGR4 ZK342/ED 6 Squadron RAF Lossiemouth by Paul Downes , on Flickr I generally dislike most 'special' paint schemes for jets - and this is a total doo...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 3:38 pm
- Forum: Warbirds, Replicas and Nostalgic Photography
- Topic: 6 Sqn. (The Flying Can Openers) reach 110
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1377
Re: 6 Sqn. (The Flying Can Openers) reach 110
6 Squadron got its first F-4s in january 1969 when they left the NEAF Strike Wing at Akrotiri. Made up of 6, 32,73 and 249 Squadrons
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:14 pm
- Forum: Warbirds, Replicas and Nostalgic Photography
- Topic: RAF Scampton Relics
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2042
Re: RAF Scampton Relics
The F-4F at Scampton was never going to be the flying airframe. It was for spares as far as I recall whereas the one in Germany gained a UK Military serial ZK848
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:22 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Warning!? Waddington and other airfields
- Replies: 48
- Views: 5308
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 12:17 pm
- Forum: Warbirds, Replicas and Nostalgic Photography
- Topic: Hunter on the move
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1104
Re: Hunter on the move
Keith,
The RJAF Historic Flight bought it, as for it still flying? Its probably like the 3 Hunters and the Vampire they got in the late 1990s which flew for a while in the UK before going to Jordan. And ended up grounded.
The RJAF Historic Flight bought it, as for it still flying? Its probably like the 3 Hunters and the Vampire they got in the late 1990s which flew for a while in the UK before going to Jordan. And ended up grounded.
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 12:50 pm
- Forum: Warbirds, Replicas and Nostalgic Photography
- Topic: March 11, 1971. Laarbruch
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1786
Re: March 11, 1971. Laarbruch
Mustang531 The RNZAF museum has loaned the B(I).8 out to another museum in NZ, its inside, and slowly being restored. As for WT339... Its still there! As for other B(I).8s WT333 at Bruntingthorpe still is technically a B(I).8 ! Despite the RAE Nose job . Sorry to hijack this thread but some great p...