E3D to Deploy.

[vim_fuego]

Make of this what you will:

http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk...ghanistan/article-1588086-detail/article.html

 

[rugby then work]

Just in time for christmas as well DT_Xtremez_32:

 

[Cooheed]

Make sure you have plenty pies Vim, and plenty low life techies to heat them for you... DT_Xtremez_14:

 

[vim_fuego]

Make sure you have plenty pies Vim, and plenty low life techies to heat them for you... DT_Xtremez_14:

Not going myself on the first push...might go out for the final chukka though.

 

[Cooheed]

Not going myself on the first push...might go out for the final chukka though.

But it won't be that Blackadderesque I'll bet. Pie man. DT_Xtremez_19:

 

[NotAnIDOYet]

Make of this what you will:

http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk...ghanistan/article-1588086-detail/article.html

No real surprises seeing the ground based unit from the other side of the city are having a well earned rest!

Nato has identified a need for improved air traffic control[/unquote]

Seems you also have a new job... Or just ill-informed reporting?

 

[monobrow]

Seems you also have a new job... Or just ill-informed reporting?

Ill-informed minister more like, Bo**cks Bob said so in a written statement.

"Nato has identified a need for improved air traffic control," Mr Ainsworth said in a written ministerial statement.

"I have therefore agreed a Nato request to commit two Boeing E3D Sentry aircraft and some 200 personnel from 8 Squadron, Royal Air Force, to fill this role as part of our standing contribution to the Nato Airborne Early Warning and Control Force."

 

[muttywhitedog]

Make of this what you will:

http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk...ghanistan/article-1588086-detail/article.html

Well, at least I wont have 8 Sqn making my life hell in Vegas in February!

The "Goat" Sqn - All they do is Eat & Bleat!

 

[shettie]

'Kinell!!! Is there a 5* hotel in Kandybar???

 

[RAF Bird]

'Kinell!!! Is there a 5* hotel in Kandybar???

Comparatively yes..... those behind the wire are in 5* those the other side are in about -3* DT_Xtremez_19:

 

[Mug?]

mmmmm

mmmmm

No real surprises seeing the ground based unit from the other side of the city are having a well earned rest!

Nato has identified a need for improved air traffic control[/unquote]

Seems you also have a new job... Or just ill-informed reporting?

Yes and I thought we were supposed to be trying to save money. 2 planes, fuels, parts, aircraft hours and of course 200 people(?)
Now I know a few of the gbad lads and are happy for them to have a break but have to question how much of this is connected or pollitically driven again? to go from using 30ish people to 200 seems strange?

 

[HotspurIDO]

We've got TWO servicable jets??!

 

[norman woz here]

No, 60% manpower, 24 hour shifts and xmas draw cancelled by order of OC "Goat" sqn, of course our green suited brethern are up in arms. No Mince pies

 

[NotAnIDOYet]

We've got TWO servicable jets??!

Now that's cynical!

What worries me is not the amount of personnel this will take but this.

With Mr Darling's bleak outlook on the Country's economic future this very day, can we actually afford the logistics bill that sending Vim and his mates into no-harms way will cost the MOD.

Now I am not one to complain at wanton MOD spending normally but I fear that this may be the sh!tty end of the stick for some poor unsuspecting people who merely want new carpets in their offices.

I am also concerned with the cultural effects of Vim's Cumberland Sausage on a Muslim country. Are these mission critical or could they be substituted by a Linda McCartney veggie alternative.

I thought the estimate process was hard at the best of times but I feel that there are things that the heads of sheds must consider here.

 

[HotspurIDO]

Cynical? Moi? No, if I was cynical I'd say that there was a high-up hidden agenda somewhere that's arranged this purely to save the 'D' fleet ("Look, see, they DO have a role"). Either that or a final hurrah for the flying scopies.

 

[SirSaltyHelmet]

No, 60% manpower, 24 hour shifts and xmas draw cancelled by order of OC "Goat" sqn, of course our green suited brethern are up in arms. No Mince pies

Do you think they are not? Just as a matter of interest Norman, why do you say that?

 

[BillyBunter]

Its a Swansong (2 year one) so ive heard , when they return they will find there lovely hanger filled with 9 MRA4s, and like the MR2 the E3 will head to the few museums left open in the UK DT_Xtremez_14: