RAF posts live helicopter missle - causes evacuation

[camshafted]

You've got to love the Freedom of Information Act - every now and then it turns out a beauty.

In this case RAF engineers accidentally posted a live Apache helicopter missile from Afghanistan.

http://swns.com/raf-posted-live-apache-helicopter-...

Naughty buggers!

[Oilchange]

Funny that the article mentions no one was charged due to lack of evidence against any particluar RAF engineer.

Erm... thats because the Apache is an Army helicopter, owned, maintained and run by the ARMY AIR CORPS.


Duh!

[NismoGT]

Hope it was sent via recorded delivery.

[Deerfoot]

Oilchange said:

Erm... thats because the Apache is an Army helicopter, owned, maintained and run by the ARMY AIR CORPS.

They are maintained by the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

[Mojocvh]

"When the package was opened inside a hanger at RAF Wattisham at 11.20am on Monday October 27 2008 "

[otolith]

"causes evacuation"

I bet it did.

[statts1976uk]

Deerfoot said:

Oilchange said:

Erm... thats because the Apache is an Army helicopter, owned, maintained and run by the ARMY AIR CORPS.

They are maintained by the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

Doesn't matter if it was the AAC or REME they are, as my old SENGO used to say, over-enthusiastic amateurs who he wouldn't trust with a Meccano set. We were in Germany once on exercise and we sat an watched them spent 6 hours trying to change an engine on a Lynx, we offered our help to be told "f*** off crabfat". It's honestly like watching monkeys use tools for the first time.

Edited by statts1976uk on Tuesday 12th October 20:39

[TheEnd]

"A spokesman for the MoD said following the error all launchers posted back to UK gain a Free From Explosives certificate and more inventory forms supplied."

We took serious action as soon as we heard this, and supplied some forms to fill in.

[Deerfoot]

statts1976uk said:

we offered our help

Now I know you are lying. The RAF are the biggest shower of loafers I`ve ever had the misfortune of operating alongside. They rarely help each other, nevermind anyone else.

Anyway, my point was, AH is indeed operated by the AAC, but maintained by REME.

HTH

[Oilchange]

Albeit REME with blue berets if I'm not mistaken so for all in tents and porpoises, AAC.

[statts1976uk]

Deerfoot said:

statts1976uk said:

we offered our help

Now I know you are lying. The RAF are the biggest shower of loafers I`ve ever had the misfortune of operating alongside. They rarely help each other, nevermind anyone else.

Anyway, my point was, AH is indeed operated by the AAC, but maintained by REME.

HTH

We had to offer our help or we were getting our day trip to Nuremburg cancelled. Some Army chap who was apparently the exercise detachment officer bked our boss for our two Puma HC1 being too serviceable and showing up the Lynx. I remember the army had about 20 guys for the one cab compared to 10 of us.




Queen of the skies!

[Deerfoot]

statts1976uk said:

I remember the army had about 20 guys for the one cab compared to 10 of us.

Utter spunk.

[statts1976uk]

Deerfoot said:

statts1976uk said:

I remember the army had about 20 guys for the one cab compared to 10 of us.

Utter spunk.

There was loads of these guys, they even had their own admin guy. One day one of them ran into the blade on the Lynx with the Hi-Ab and knackered it so they ended up running about half the day or manning roadblocks while they waited upon resupply. They love their PT these guys.

Edited by statts1976uk on Tuesday 12th October 21:16

Edited by statts1976uk on Tuesday 12th October 21:19

[Deerfoot]

statts1976uk said:

They love their PT these guys.

Something that could never be said of the RAF!

[statts1976uk]

I must admit I did admire the dedication to compulsory fitness in the army, our squadron did it but a bit half-heartedly but now I'm out of the mob I think the RAF should be doing 10 mile runs first thing in the morning!

[Oilchange]

I remember -not ever- doing 10 mile runs first thing in the morning when I was in the Army.

I did a few 6 milers every other day, then a gym session in the pm but a 10 miler every morning? Nah. How to break a soldier in about a week...

[grumbledoak]

Not entirely sure I've followed all the acronyms, but this is fantastic!


"Stop that. Silly. And a bit suspect, I think."

[ellroy]

statts1976uk said:

Deerfoot said:

statts1976uk said:

we offered our help

Now I know you are lying. The RAF are the biggest shower of loafers I`ve ever had the misfortune of operating alongside. They rarely help each other, nevermind anyone else.

Anyway, my point was, AH is indeed operated by the AAC, but maintained by REME.

HTH

We had to offer our help or we were getting our day trip to Nuremburg cancelled. Some Army chap who was apparently the exercise detachment officer bked our boss for our two Puma HC1 being too serviceable and showing up the Lynx. I remember the army had about 20 guys for the one cab compared to 10 of us.




RAF Queens of the skies!

EFA

[Jasandjules]

otolith said:

"causes evacuation"

I bet it did.

It can't just be me imagining some bloke screaming "Run Away" as everyone bomb bursts the hell out !!

[eharding]

Jasandjules said:

otolith said:

"causes evacuation"

I bet it did.

It can't just be me imagining some bloke screaming "Run Away" as everyone bomb bursts the hell out !!

I think it was Paul Brickhill's "The Dambusters" that recounts what happened when a (thankfully unfused) bouncing bomb fell out of a Lancaster and dug into the tarmac - everyone in the vicinity attempted remove themselves from the vicinity as rapidly possible, and someone in a Jeep with the pedal to the metal claimed to have been overtaken by a terrified Erk on a bicycle.