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Pilot 2nd LT Tony "Scooby" Franklin Well that was short... my pilot is a pow... Easy sortie Sead killing near Fulda again... 2 F-4G's 2 Harm's 2 Maverick's Centreline tank 2 Aim-7F Take off was a breeze and the flight to the area no trouble whatsoever... Killed the SAM's and gun's 3 a piece and turned for home when my wingie got flamed by an Su-27... I honoured the threat with no idea of what I was going to do an F-4G with 2 Sparrow's against a flight of 4 Su-27's and no friendly's anywhere in sight... Well I dragged it down low but kept the speed up and punched of the tank... and went to Radar boresight mode... locked up one Su-27 and popped a Sparrow at him splashing him... but the other 3 ganged up on me and made life hell cannon rounds going off everywhere missile shouts from the bear eventually I was out of Chaff and Flares... Down we went to 50ft AGL and .92 mach to see if we could evade fast and low but this was to no avail as the 3 Flankers could outrun me and out gun me took a hit from an AA-10 Alamo and punched out... Unfortunately we where captured... Only thing that I was happy about was it took them nearly 15 minutes to shoot me down...

Whilst wandering the net one day... I found this source for WW2 Planes ships etc and also timelines... I have only generally scanned through it but so far seems to be pretty good... http://ww2db.com/

Glad I have a Radeon now...

Glad it was the Hurt Locker that won... Better than the Dance's with Smurf's as FC put it...

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-8849893444885159849&ei=cDuUS-u-Kdak-AbNzsjxAg&q=20mm+cannon+firing&hl=en&view=3&client=firefox-a# Okay what this guy's doing with this helo is pretty damn good...

Though I would take out the Vulcan for the sound as it isn't a gattling type weapon but a revolver cannon... and it sure as hell don't sound like a vulcan in real-life...

If it where me I would feed him to the pig's no traces left as pig's eat everything... okay cruel and unusual so what... and it will be a serious affront to his twisted version of the religon he follow's... no 50 virgin's for him... Just before you do torture him but don't record the information as it will most likely be worthless now that the fun loving media have said he's been caught...

aaah Beer as Homer Simpson said :- Isn't there anything it cant do?

Does a bottle of wine count... ??? Red before you ask

Let the Falklanders decide as they should do so as they are the people who live there... and I it will not even be a close run thing as the vast majority of the poeple there want to remain under the UK flag... I know I have been there !!!

The quote on the Typhoon is incorrect they gave in and let the RAF have the gun some of the pressure came from the most unlikely place The Army...

I always wondered why the Soviets painted the cockpits of their Jet's Green... But some great photo's...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8552593.stm I was going to put a note on here a lot stronger... but I know from some of the guys I used to work with that the PM when he was Chancellor did stop funds to the military as he doesn't understand the military... But to blame the deaths of those kids out there fighting those fights on the Generals not asking for what they need is disgusting... What respect I might have had for him is definitely gone and buried, not that I had any in the first place as he is an un-elected PM.

Its been one of those days but that made me laugh... also those 2 pence are English 2 pence's...

Well another sortie notched up and this was a weird one... 1 x F-4G 4 Sidewinders 2 Sparrow 2 Harm Centreline Tank ECM pod Assigned to do a recon over the lines apprently for it was an Electronic Recon looking for Radar's in an area to hot for a standard Electronic Recon... Well my jet was prepped and ready when I got there but I still did the standard walk round and the Bear checked HIS babies (The AGM-88's) and we prepped for a single ship flight which was worrying at first but then after my previous flight losing a wingie it was probably the best. Take off and flight out standard setup as the Bear setup his gear in the back... All my questions answered with Fly the plane... After 30 mins or so we get intot he area and immediately fire a Harm at a Fan Song F thats lit us up and fired a pair of SA-2's at us missile scores a direct hit. We do our thing and pick up all sorts of Intel for the Intel pukes back at base and then as the Bear put it we where on our own time. An SA-6 popped up and we fired the second Harm for no result on our way out of the area, thankfully it didn't shoot at us. This sortie was an easy milk run considering no Enemy air and 1 SA-2 site firing at us... Roll on the next one...

I see it this way... The guy who got slotted has been a key General or money man in Hamas who have declared that they will not rest until Israel is defeated, that to me is a declaration of war without saying it... So if this was Mossad and I am not saying that it is without further proof of the matter, then the Israel's have a right to defend themselves okay getting caught on camera could be one of 3 things :- As Jedi stated decoy's To warn others Or they screwed up... It doesn't matter to me as it's one more terrorist scumbag written off the planet... Maybe it was this guy trying to forment more unrest well he does have Jewish roots or so they say... (If the pic requires removing let me know and its gone) Hell the guy could have decided to pass information to the Israeli's and was snuffed out before he could do so. As the Guy is Hamas everyone could rage and rant about it saying bad Israel and they had nothing to do with it... I also saw a flying cow yesterday apparently... And on a final note I one dated a beautiful Israel woman (Whatever your feeding them over there keep it up) and she quoted ot me once "Out of all the places in the Middle-east we chose to inhabit why did we choose the place with the Oranges and no oil???" I know the real reason is religous before someone moans at me... Thats my 2pence worth or should it be 2 shekel's worth either way go Israel...

Seconded... and if my other arm's allowed a third as well...

you have to remember that the earlier rounds (Bullets to the layman) had a lot less penetrating power than modern weapons so getting hit twice would give you a good chance... To counter my own argument... medical advances back then would balance that out I think... Getting shot would leave a mark and sting quite a bit...

More tea Vicar Widow...

If this government manages to survives... no they will be replaced by another daft lot... and expecting Governments to have common sense that aint gonna happen... They are out for one thing themselves... Politicians are raised to screw up the common man and his heritage... I better stop now before I get really miffed bit like the last time someone took the last of the tea...

It was the F-3 variant in the Falklands when I got to go in one.... and you are right they do look good but they aren't a great dogfighter and the airframe is over 30 years old in the design phase its nearly as old as the F-15's and it flies a lot more punishing flight regime but knowing the RAF we will keep them around like we did the Canberra's... The Typhoon is a tremondous airplane maybe not so pretty (But thats in the eye of the beholder)... I liked what one guy who does fly it says about it "its Typhoon" like an early model F-16 mixed with a dash of F-15 and placed on a course of steroid's with no bad side-effects..." And as to the Spit and Hurri my preference is the Mosquito...

Well I would fly RAF all the time but as Tiger Cole said in Flight of the Intruder Killing SAM's is ma Thing... Also you are right the F-4G in NF4+ is outstanding... I already have my next campaign ready for when this one ends...

Now that Sir is a work of art and then some... and it works on many levels... Great work old chap...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/7338097/200-Russian-tanks-found-abandoned-in-forest.html The Russians have so many tanks that they can loose 200...!!!

No I never got to go up in something so special as I am not that old... but I am working on it... No I spent my 10 years in service between 1990 and 2000 but I did get to go up in a F-16 and a Tornado fighter wise so not too shabby...