President Zelensky to visit UK today

[panta615]

BBC reporting:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64566248

An RAF C17 RRR6373 and RAF RRR5995 Hercules left Poland this morning. Could these be for him?

Dave

[Yammer]

Could well be - both out of Rzeszow

[POL]

Amazing, he goes to the US on a VIP config C-40, yet we can't even spare a Falcon to pick him up and he has to go by C-130

[Yammer]

My *guess* would the VIP would be in the C-17 - the Herc bringing the additional support/security/press teams

Plenty of top bods have gone by C-17 into hot sandy places previously.

[IMarsh]

Amazing, he goes to the US on a VIP config C-40, yet we can't even spare a Falcon to pick him up and he has to go by C-130

Have the Falcons been fitted with defensive aids yet or are they still in full civilian configuration? If the latter that could have been a consideration.

[pg1610]

Amazing, he goes to the US on a VIP config C-40, yet we can't even spare a Falcon to pick him up and he has to go by C-130

Have the Falcons been fitted with defensive aids yet or are they still in full civilian configuration? If the latter that could have been a consideration.

Why would anything need defensive aids flying Poland-UK ?

[Yammer]

at 10.22 the BBC stated "A Royal Air Force plane carrying President Zelensky has just touched down at Stansted Airport." with a photo of a C-17 touching down ( ZZ178 )

[panta615]

ZH879 - RRR5995 inbound Heathrow?

[Al dunn]

RRR5995 joining thew holding party over Brize Norton

Currently

ZM412 A400
G-VYGK A330
ZP804 P-8

all holding near Brize due to weather

[Ghostrider01]

RCH311 looks inbound to Stansted now .. Taxi elsewhere maybe ?

[Blackcat1]

He’s still asking for Britain to give Ukraine Jets, But what jets? What ground crews, armourers etc?? Our military / country is on its knees ffs . If you read the tabloids.

[theplanespotter]

He’s still asking for Britain to give Ukraine Jets, But what jets? What ground crews, armourers etc?? Our military / country is on its knees ffs . If you read the tabloids.

Hawk T.1s? Maybe even Tornado GR4s if we’re sending stormshadow (how else deploy it?)

[Blackcat1]

Am I only one that sees us being annihilated if we’re not careful?

[Nighthawke]

No Gareth you are not alone!

[Alf]

He’s still asking for Britain to give Ukraine Jets, But what jets? What ground crews, armourers etc?? Our military / country is on its knees ffs . If you read the tabloids.

Hawk T.1s? Maybe even Tornado GR4s if we’re sending stormshadow (how else deploy it?)

Where would the Tornados come from, they are long gone from the RAF.

[Yammer]

Our armed forces are very emaciated right now after years and years of self decline. I suspect we'd have problems fighting anything more than a few days.

Anything we can spare will be put to good use by Ukraine.

[Blackcat1]

He’s still asking for Britain to give Ukraine Jets, But what jets? What ground crews, armourers etc?? Our military / country is on its knees ffs . If you read the tabloids.

Hawk T.1s? Maybe even Tornado GR4s if we’re sending stormshadow (how else deploy it?)

Where would the Tornados come from, they are long gone from the RAF.

Is Vulcan XH558 still flyable?!!??

[Blackcat1]

I’m sure Ukraine will survive, UK not so much ..

[NorvilleRogers]

I’m sure Ukraine will survive, UK not so much ..

Any nuclear attack on the UK would get a response from the whole of NATO and UK Trident missile sub at sea.. so Russia and Belarus would be destroyed too... just won't happen. That's what NATO is for.

[Blackcat1]

I’m sure Ukraine will survive, UK not so much ..

Any nuclear attack on the UK would get a response from the whole of NATO and UK Trident missile sub at sea.. so Russia and Belarus would be destroyed too... just won't happen. That's what NATO is for.

Just a bit too late for a few of us. I wouldn’t put anything past a nutter like him , he probably has a death wish but I hope his military advisors stop anything that destructive I hope !.