AI knows you have been in the USA, Mike. Now regards you as subversive!

Thank's for that. I shall have a read

Perhaps interesting to know how much as a % of GDP is spent on "hardware" for each country. I am sure a large % is spent on the soldiers, sailors and air force people. Their salaries, pensions, uniforms, training, medical facilities, sport and entertainment facilities etc are all part of the defence...

I read 078, 081 and 083 on 17 September. Three others on the ramp were unmarked. As a bonus there were 3 unmarked KC135Rs too!

Crawley is the centre of Chagosian population in the UK

Yesterday, 6 August, late afternoon 165739/QB was outside next to QEAF 214. Hangar to the left was wide open and looked like a USMC Herc with no engines nose on. Any ideas please?

On Friday it was around 0900. First up was a Tornado from the shelters. The majority of the jets are on one ramp. I should be vigilant on the bus from the entrance to the spotting area, take some pics when you see that ramp full of fighters, because the lie of the land makes seeing everything from t...

I was surprised to see 2 massive SNC hangars at Dayton a few days ago. Now I know!

Correction to my last, 1994 not 1984!

Bangladesh AF 314 has c/n 365314. Maybe the first 2 digits were changed to reflect different date of manufacture. I visited Vodochody in August 1984 and saw from 5305 to 5327 on the line excluding 5313 and 5314.

Well done Mike and thanks for the list. Just a comment there are 2 JCOs in the Gendarmerie list.

Scramble has the codes of the flypast on Friday and says only 1 F35 was different in the Saturday effort

Interesting that I wrote Pesky 03 and 04 that day!

There's a fine poster advertising an Open Day at Moron on 13 May 2023

D-FTMT was using callsign COOL62 according to FR24

CCF camp at Cottesmore and had 6hr trip in 115 sqn Argosy calibrating Lands End Tacan and other bits. Great stuff. Only shame was if had been on mission the day before there was a lunch stop at Lossiemouth. Not to worry, an experience never to be repeated

I like the Canberra, presumably a PR9, in the second shot.

Was also there on 3rd March. Didn't see Wildcats 382 or 385 but saw the others mentioned plus 396, 405 and 410. Additional Merlin ZJ129/N

Abiding memory of Dobbins open house in 1979 when 3 C123s did a formation flypast spraying what I hope was water. I trust the tanks had been well cleaned of Agent Orange!!

Sneaked in 4 F104s behind the second shot of XP404!