Originally Posted by ugly

Shit advert wasnt it!

Very. To be fair, I would imagine that a fair few crabs are embarrassed by it.

I should hope so!

I know the double chinned blond in the RAF Reserve advert, and yes she’s embarrassed by it now

Originally Posted by Eyes_of_God

I know the double chinned blond in the RAF Reserve advert, and yes she’s embarrassed by it now

Biblically?

Originally Posted by theblindking

I've never quite understood the logic of this; If the RAF are the sole guardians of weaponised aircraft and the army aren't allowed any, I must been on some goooood acid when I saw those AAC Apaches smashing the place up with what looked suspiciously like Hellfires and 30mm rounds. why hasn't someone told them to fuck off? Also I doubt you would find an theatre UAV Army Imagery Analyst thinking that destroying a rocket rail and letting the buggers preping it get clean away would be their "proudest day ever".

Very true - the stories I've heard make me wish so very much that I was 20 years younger and in a position to do what our youngsters get to do when mobilised. Lucky bastards.

Originally Posted by squigeypie

Yeah you got me, there is no way the HAC would pay for all that out of GPF, after all they need all that cash for for Balls, Champers and polo, perhaps they could manage those little hover camera things, to float over compound walls

Take a look at their accounts on the Charity Commission website.

http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/...091031_e_c.pdf

Nice they should manage the MOD accounts.

Originally Posted by theblindking

I've never quite understood the logic of this; If the RAF are the sole guardians of weaponised aircraft and the army aren't allowed any, I must been on some goooood acid when I saw those AAC Apaches smashing the place up with what looked suspiciously like Hellfires and 30mm rounds. why hasn't someone told them to fuck off? Also I doubt you would find an theatre UAV Army Imagery Analyst thinking that destroying a rocket rail and letting the buggers preping it get clean away would be their "proudest day ever".

The RAF are not the sole guardians of weaponised ac - I think the key concern (inter-Service competition aside) is that anyone firing through flight levels against a tgt on the gd should be aircrew- otherwise your UAV Army Imagery Analyst fires on a rocket rail just in time for the a2g weapon to pass clean through the wing of an ac on finals at LKG - mass casualties enroute to religious festival........just think how long it takes to clear GMLRS shot!!!! That said if the UAS is at low level and wont fire from above the co-ord level then bring it on.

As for loitering munitions- if the TB can understand and exploit our ROE and AH Conops I think they will quickly learn to outwait/out wit them...

AH awesome, Reaper awesome and Brimstone awesome

Originally Posted by One_of_the_strange

Very true - the stories I've heard make me wish so very much that I was 20 years younger and in a position to do what our youngsters get to do when mobilised. Lucky bastards.

I bet you can spot a BMP-1 from 5000m through a bit of scrub though. You lot are a bit wierd - you scare me.

Originally Posted by theblindking

I bet you can spot a BMP-1 from 5000m through a bit of scrub though. You lot are a bit wierd - you scare me.

You never lose it you know, Libya was like a second youth for me, old school kit all over the place. Mmmmmm.

Till it all got blown up and it was back to squinting at YAFP (*) and wishing the different sides wore hats several metres across with distinctive markings so we could tell them apart. But they never do. Bastards.



(*) Yet Another Fucking Pickup