https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/r ... 62cb3&ei=8
It' read as though the fire is outside BN, but the smoke presumably hinders / cancels movements?

And now a F/A 18 joins the party; An F/A-18 fighter jet slipped off the hangar deck of an aircraft carrier deployed to the Middle East, as sailors were towing the aircraft into place in the hangar bay of the USS Harry S. Truman on Monday, the Navy said. The crew members who were in the pilot seat of...

RNZAF P8 performing a flypast for South Island. Presumably other a/c involved for North Island and Australia?

I asked a former USN officer if we'd ever see a USS Richard M Nixon and he replied "In time".
Then I asked about a USS Trump; "Hopefully on a submarine, so we hopefully never see it"

Advertised now on ebay; £75.00 or three monthly instalments of £25.00. Also The penguin book of war and the penguin who was cold. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/305051568213?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-172297-441069-5&mkcid=4&itemid=305051568213&targetid=&device=c&mktype=&googleloc=&poi=&campaign...

Colombia intended buying Gripens, but these have General Electric engines, so America has blocked the sale.
The Swedes will have to develop a new Volvo power plant or else use Rolls Royce etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFct-zE-0bc

Haven't seen this elsewhere; A RoKAF F16 dropped live bombs on a village by accident.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIqcpKFdSWY

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Thu Feb 13, 2025 12:54 pm

Didn't she have a half-wing though? I think there was an abbreviation in the centre.

Correct, I played the programme back. No aircrew eagle above her stripes, but definitely a half wing brevit with an abbreviation on her overalls.

Inside the Reaper control cabin we were introduced to "Melissa, an Imagery Analysist". Is that the modern terminology for a Photo Interpreter?
Looking at the patches on her overalls, it appears she is now classified as aircrew. Is that correct?

As an aside, do drone operators receive Flying Pay?

The Talking Pictures TV channel is broadcasting Planespotters at 11.00pm Sunday 8th Dec.
For those who've not seen it, this is based on the story of those British plane spotters arrested in Greece for esponage.

If true, that means the land can't be sold off by the MoD for housing raising £Millions, and worse, it'll cost £Millions to de-contaminate the land to restore it to the original condition. Correct and if originally it was an orchard or plain woodland, that means replanting mature trees. The Honoura...

" Argentina’s capability to meet current and future threats" hmm; is Chile, Peru or Brazil threatening them?
Or,heaven forbid, could the Argies be contemplating offensive action in the South Atlantic?

"and listening to air-to-ground transmissions using AOR scanners." When serving in 4 sqn's RIC, both at Gut and on deployments we'd receive inflight reports from returning aircrew to which we'd acknowledge. with "Spyglass copied" The CO stopped that practice and had us just click twice on the mic in...

Had a blast in 1979 at Greenham I remember that. Going past the line up with one herk fitted with skis, another with three bladed props and one with two fuel tanks on each wing, someone said "Oh; they're all the same". :unsure: The aircraft parked up in the order they arrived and when officials arr...

1980 there was a large NATO exercise named Crusader. The Turks complained, so four years later in 84, we had Lionheart. The penny never dropped concerning where & how King Richard gained that title.

I respectfully disagree with the above post, Darwin in Australia is the place to be for the military aircraft enthusiast. Pitch black 24 starts next week and the aircraft are arriving, I do not have links to any sites but I would suggest those who have twitter, search #pitchblack24 and enjoy the ph...

The Royal Air Force is sending aircraft and personnel to join two major exercises in the Indo-Pacific Region this summer. One exercise will be based in Australia and the other Hawaii. Hawaii is the place to be for military enthusiasts then. 27th June saw the start of RimPac 2024 based in Hawaii. 29...

Sorry for starting a new thread earlier today, I missed this one two months ago.
The version on Netflix does not have sub titles, the dialogue is in English, albeit dubbed.

Netflix is now offering us the Indian film "Fighter". It lasts nearly three hours leans heavily on the two Top Gun films for plot, but here the Sukhois & Kamov helicopters are flown by the "good guys" whilst the baddies, Pakistan, are operating F16s.

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Mon Jan 22, 2024 11:35 pm

Egypt has been bombing Yemen for years with the Saudi led coalition which got them nowhere.

Sixty years ago Egypt was backing the Yemenis who wanted to kick UK out of Aden.