That looks like an absolutely brilliant archive - i'm not local to Valley but I am sure I will spend many hours looking through this - particularly the war-time entries.

Thanks for the link. I have to echo previous comments about the USAF Thunderbirds. They are clearly a very neat & tidy display team but if you include all of the ground based carry-on the display goes on for well over an hour and even if the ground based stuff isn't included it's still nearly an hou...

Also please consider supporting the Squadron Prints business - freebies are nice but wouldn't be possible unless the business is supported with purchases.

(Not named at anyone above by the way - I know it might look like that - just a general statement!)

Maybe he didn't try to read them off?

I have watched this TV series for the first time tonight and all I can say is that based on this show the British Army is done for! The NCO's seem to be what you expect (good) but the recruits?!? God help us. I'm guessing (hoping!) they have hand-picked a selection of half decent and absolutely usel...

Really? This is scraping the barrel isn't it?

Next thread: "Potential movements 12/10/23 - saw a USAF airman in Fairford Tesco buying Red Bull - he said it was going to be a long day today. Potential arrivals?"

I think it is 4 jets and is probably a typical TV dramatization of how two jets are always on QRA standby (hence why they said down to 1 jet) with the other 2 requiring a little more prep to get them on standby.

You have either been blocked by the page or have blocked the page there’s no other explanation as far as I understand from the way Facebook works

I’m intrigued by the wording in that preliminary report with the backseater being referred to as an “observer”. Obviously in a military capacity the backseater would be a WSO/Navigator etc. but with this aircraft being operated in a civilian guise there would be no need to refer to them as such. My ...

That's quite a large order!

It all comes down to supply and demand. It's only worth what people are prepared to pay for it. If everyone said "no that's too expensive" and didn't buy it I'm sure the prices would come down but if it all sells out again (which it will) they'll feel the price hike was justified and continue to cha...

Hi all, Whilst having my lunch at work today I parked my van facing a high-speed railway line (Bathley Lane, Notts) and had a great time watching the trains fly through. I'm not interested in registrations of the trains but I kept thinking "I wonder where that one is going". This got me thinking. Is...

Right up my street this is, if you'll pardon the pun! Thanks!

I'm not a member either but presumed the issue was simply finding it

I think it's just you. All you have to do is type in "Exercise Joint Warrior" on Facebook and the group comes up immediately.

Excellent set - magnificent. Regarding the 'heartbreak', Nimrod XV239 was also lost with all crew:- To continue this theme Jaguar XX750 was also lost on 07/02/1984 with the loss of the pilot. The Sea King XV654 was also written off 21/07/1993 - although this time, thankfully without any loss of crew...

RAF Syerston is pretty big too

I agree.

Maybe they know something our MOD “experts “ have missed !!

Or maybe the MOD know something our armchair "experts" have missed !!

Just a thought.

This post gets earlier every year, hopefully you've all got some other things to look forward to over the next 360 odd days. Ridiculous.