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Forum: Military Aviation
13th Mar 2023, 07:59
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,373
Posted By BEagle

pr00ne, yes, add the nonsense of PFI. I...

pr00ne, yes, add the nonsense of PFI. I understand that the current AAR aircraft operated by the RAF costs the defence budget in excess of £1M per day?
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Feb 2023, 15:18
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,373
Posted By BEagle

I read that in 1948, peacetime manpower level for...

I read that in 1948, peacetime manpower level for the RAF of 245000 was considered appropriate, down from around 1100000 in 1945. This included 144 operational flying squadrons, each with 4...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2023, 09:38
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,373
Posted By BEagle

Although I'm fully aware that the Nimrod AEW3 was...

Although I'm fully aware that the Nimrod AEW3 was never operational, I didn't realise that 11 aircraft were in the original order, only that 8 aircraft were in various stages of production when the...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Feb 2023, 08:21
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,373
Posted By BEagle

So the RAF went from 8 x Nimrod AEW3 (on which...

So the RAF went from 8 x Nimrod AEW3 (on which £1Bn had been spent before it was binned) to 7 x E-3D, to be replaced by 5 x Wedgetails.....to now only 3?
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Mar 2022, 17:44
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,373
Posted By BEagle

Quite so, pr00ne - and utterly shameful. I...

Quite so, pr00ne - and utterly shameful. I cannot believe that there's any surge capability now.
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Oct 2020, 19:36
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,373
Posted By BEagle

Lyneham Lad, your link is hidden behind the...

Lyneham Lad, your link is hidden behind the Murdoch Paywall.......
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jun 2020, 07:48
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,373
Posted By BEagle

Back in the day when the Earth was still cooling...

Back in the day when the Earth was still cooling and the PPRuNe military forum was first created, there was no Twitter, Facebook or other social meeja. No broadband Internet, dial-up was slow and...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Jun 2020, 19:02
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,373
Posted By BEagle

I'd include those who've previously served in...

I'd include those who've previously served in that statement, but emphatically NOT others.
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Jun 2020, 18:46
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,373
Posted By BEagle

Moon

Moon rise here isn't until around 02:20 local time and moon phase is currently 34% and waning.

But the last time I saw it, the moon looked light grey / white and I'll be b*ggered if I'll be...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Jun 2020, 18:07
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,373
Posted By BEagle

Credentials

Although I served as military aircrew for 35 years, these days I'm only a 'backroom boy' - although 'boy' is perhaps rather a generous term given that I left the RAF some 17 years ago.

Asturias56,...
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