Ex Military/Still Serving Thread
Discussion
Asterix said:
Yeah - remember back then, the Cold War was technically still going on - BOAR was basically tens of thousands of people sat around waiting for something to happen. GW1 was a blip as was Bosnia & Kosovo with the latter being peace keeping roles. There was plenty of room for guys to go missing from their units for a while. It really started tightening up from GW2 onwards as every unit would at some point be operational and the redundancies of the mid-90's really started to bite.
Sad times, but the guys joining up today won't have ever experienced those days so I don't think it is as bad a prospect as I keep hearing. It's a completely different job to even when I joined up in '98. Get in, get qualified, get some life experience, get out. It's what all parties want.
98elise said:
Just to be clear, the blokes keeping the Argie Air Force busy were Royal Navy pilots. The RAF did the long range bombing, but all the Harriers were RN
So, just to be sure,Flt Lts Dave Morgan DSC, John Leeming and Robert (Bertie) Penfold didn't fly 800 NAS SHARs.
Flt Lts Ian Mortimer and Paul Barton didn't fly 801 NAS SHARs.
Just to be even more clear, the following didn't get any 'kills':
Flt Lt Morgan 3 confirmed air + 1 ground
Flt Lt Leeming 1 confirmed air + 1 ground
Flt Lt Penfold 1 confirmed air
Flt Lt Barton 1 confirmed air
Edited by Ginetta G15 Girl on Thursday 25th September 11:47
Ginetta G15 Girl said:
98elise said:
Just to be clear, the blokes keeping the Argie Air Force busy were Royal Navy pilots. The RAF did the long range bombing, but all the Harriers were RN
So, just to be sure,Flt Lts Dave Morgan DSC, John Leeming and Robert (Bertie) Penfold didn't fly 800 NAS SHARs.
Flt Lts Ian Mortimer and Paul Barton didn't fly 801 NAS SHARs.
Just to be even more clear, the following didn't get any 'kills':
Flt Lt Morgan 3 confirmed air + 1 ground
Flt Lt Leeming 1 confirmed air + 1 ground
Flt Lt Penfold 1 confirmed air
Flt Lt Barton 1 confirmed air
Edited by Ginetta G15 Girl on Thursday 25th September 11:47
Photoshopped, obviously
Ginetta G15 Girl said:
So, just to be sure,
Flt Lts Dave Morgan DSC, John Leeming and Robert (Bertie) Penfold didn't fly 800 NAS SHARs.
Flt Lts Ian Mortimer and Paul Barton didn't fly 801 NAS SHARs.
Just to be even more clear, the following didn't get any 'kills':
Flt Lt Morgan 3 confirmed air + 1 ground
Flt Lt Leeming 1 confirmed air + 1 ground
Flt Lt Penfold 1 confirmed air
Flt Lt Barton 1 confirmed air
Ah! but Dave Morgan saw the light and transferred to the FAA soon after. He was our QWI when I was on 800sqn '88 to '90 Flt Lts Dave Morgan DSC, John Leeming and Robert (Bertie) Penfold didn't fly 800 NAS SHARs.
Flt Lts Ian Mortimer and Paul Barton didn't fly 801 NAS SHARs.
Just to be even more clear, the following didn't get any 'kills':
Flt Lt Morgan 3 confirmed air + 1 ground
Flt Lt Leeming 1 confirmed air + 1 ground
Flt Lt Penfold 1 confirmed air
Flt Lt Barton 1 confirmed air
Edited by Ginetta G15 Girl on Thursday 25th September 11:47
Oh indeed!
And Sqn Ldr Jerry Pook, while not flying a 1(F)Sqn Harrier GR3 which was not launched from HMS Hermes did not score a ground kill on an Argentine Puma.
Similarly Flt Lt Mark Hare, while not flying a 1(F)Sqn Harrier GR3 which was not launched from HMS Hermes did not score a ground kill on an Argentine Chinook.
And Sqn Ldr Jerry Pook, while not flying a 1(F)Sqn Harrier GR3 which was not launched from HMS Hermes did not score a ground kill on an Argentine Puma.
Similarly Flt Lt Mark Hare, while not flying a 1(F)Sqn Harrier GR3 which was not launched from HMS Hermes did not score a ground kill on an Argentine Chinook.
Crossflow Kid said:
Ginetta G15 Girl said:
Oh indeed!
Similarly Flt Lt Mark Hare, while not flying a 1(F)Sqn Harrier GR3 which was not launched from HMS Hermes did not score a ground kill on an Argentine Chinook.
So the cockpit doors did not end up on Bravo November then?Similarly Flt Lt Mark Hare, while not flying a 1(F)Sqn Harrier GR3 which was not launched from HMS Hermes did not score a ground kill on an Argentine Chinook.
selym said:
Crossflow Kid said:
Ginetta G15 Girl said:
Oh indeed!
Similarly Flt Lt Mark Hare, while not flying a 1(F)Sqn Harrier GR3 which was not launched from HMS Hermes did not score a ground kill on an Argentine Chinook.
So the cockpit doors did not end up on Bravo November then?Similarly Flt Lt Mark Hare, while not flying a 1(F)Sqn Harrier GR3 which was not launched from HMS Hermes did not score a ground kill on an Argentine Chinook.
Crossflow Kid said:
selym said:
Crossflow Kid said:
Google it.
It's interesting stuff. selym said:
PaulG40 said:
To bring abit of equality to the table here, and to level the argument abit.... I only had time for 3 cups of tea during my night shift. I know, shocking yeah?! Those Chinooks don't fix themselves you know!
That needs to be addressed. If the Xbox wasn't on in the tea bar for at least half the shift, you aren't doing it right!PaulG40 said:
selym said:
PaulG40 said:
To bring abit of equality to the table here, and to level the argument abit.... I only had time for 3 cups of tea during my night shift. I know, shocking yeah?! Those Chinooks don't fix themselves you know!
That needs to be addressed. If the Xbox wasn't on in the tea bar for at least half the shift, you aren't doing it right!mikal83 said:
98elise said:
Just to be clear, the blokes keeping the Argie Air Force busy were Royal Navy pilots. The RAF did the long range bombing, but all the Harriers were RN
Oh dear oh dear oh dear, another armchair warrior getting it soooooooooooo wrong.(Ex Invince wafoo)
98elise said:
mikal83 said:
98elise said:
Just to be clear, the blokes keeping the Argie Air Force busy were Royal Navy pilots. The RAF did the long range bombing, but all the Harriers were RN
Oh dear oh dear oh dear, another armchair warrior getting it soooooooooooo wrong.(Ex Invince wafoo)
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