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Posted
1 hour ago, Marc505 said:

Sounds like things are about to go big with Iran again imminently 

There'll be an inevitable outcry if so, but the blunt fact is that Iran are active participants in events in Gaza and should be considered as such

Posted (edited)

We just had 12 F-22's (the absolute pinnacle of air to air fighters) land here on a stop over before going on to the Gulf to prepare for thus expected Iranian onslaught.

Beast of a jet.

 

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Where have they come from?

Presumably required air-air refuelling along the way.

I also wonder if they're expecting manned aircraft from Iran too.

The previous attack used drones and missiles that were easily dealt with by a coalition using other aircraft and air-air missiles and surface-air systems.

Flying f22s all the way over seems like a bit of overkill, so maybe they're expecting an additional level.

Posted
46 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Where have they come from?

Presumably required air-air refuelling along the way.

I also wonder if they're expecting manned aircraft from Iran too.

The previous attack used drones and missiles that were easily dealt with by a coalition using other aircraft and air-air missiles and surface-air systems.

Flying f22s all the way over seems like a bit of overkill, so maybe they're expecting an additional level.

They came from Alaska, with 7 refuelling planes in tow! Came in huge convoy and passed over not far from here but I was in the bloody gym.

Probably a few reasons for it, F-22 isn't a million miles away from retirement now and probably needs to earn its corn other than shooting balloons down (side point for the conspiracy thread, why have no videos been released of those shootdowns, what are they hiding? 👽)

But also a lot of the F-15 and F-16 squadrons have been rotated in and out of there and other places a lot recently so they're probably knackered. Does make you think what are they expecting thats different from last time though, and why they'd need the potential stealth capability in the area.

Posted
22 hours ago, Marc505 said:

We just had 12 F-22's (the absolute pinnacle of air to air fighters) land here on a stop over before going on to the Gulf to prepare for thus expected Iranian onslaught.

Beast of a jet.

 

I believe Storm Warrior kicked off Monday morning... skies have been noisy over South Lincolnshire...

EX STORM WARRIOR 24 (SW24) is a Large Force Exercise (LFE) involving up to 50 military aircraft operating in mixed formations including Fast Jets, Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance aircraft, Air to Air Refuelling (AAR), and Air Mobility assets (both Fixed Wing and Rotary Wing).

Posted
24 minutes ago, Dimron said:

I believe Storm Warrior kicked off Monday morning... skies have been noisy over South Lincolnshire...

EX STORM WARRIOR 24 (SW24) is a Large Force Exercise (LFE) involving up to 50 military aircraft operating in mixed formations including Fast Jets, Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance aircraft, Air to Air Refuelling (AAR), and Air Mobility assets (both Fixed Wing and Rotary Wing).

Storm Warrior now and Cobra Warrior in a few weeks will hopefully bring a lot of noise round here. Last CW some Typhoons were unusually using the gliding club near here at Syerston as a close air support training target, it was ace and seriously loud!

8 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Military planes are ace! 🙂

Knock yourself out Marc.

 

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Is that Newark Air msuem?

Posted
46 minutes ago, Marc505 said:

Storm Warrior now and Cobra Warrior in a few weeks will hopefully bring a lot of noise round here. Last CW some Typhoons were unusually using the gliding club near here at Syerston as a close air support training target, it was ace and seriously loud!

Is that Newark Air msuem?

I forgot about SW and it was very noisy on Monday morning... I assumed the Americans were out beating up Cottesmore which is local to me... they often have exercises revving up anti aircraft gunners... twin tails (I assume to be F18s) approach low level from all directions.

Posted
1 hour ago, royal white said:

On the subject of military gadgets….

 

 

That's how they're going to spread next year's COVID variant.

Posted
13 hours ago, Marc505 said:

Storm Warrior now and Cobra Warrior in a few weeks will hopefully bring a lot of noise round here. Last CW some Typhoons were unusually using the gliding club near here at Syerston as a close air support training target, it was ace and seriously loud!

Is that Newark Air msuem?

Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum.

Posted
17 minutes ago, kent_white said:

They're all just merging into one now. 

Which is probably the point. 

Just being normalised now  

 

Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, Zico said:

Just being normalised now  

 

70+ dead is it this time......? 22 in the Manchester Arena bombing for some context on the carnage. And god knows how many injured? 

If I lived in Gaza and hadn't already been radicalised - I reckon I would be now. 

What have they got left to live for? The poor bastards. 

There's not even any realistic victory conditions that I can see. Other than 'the complete elimination of Hamas'. Whatever the hell that is supposed to mean? Because sure as shit for each one of those 70 people they just killed - they've created 2 more Hamas supporters. 

And this is at a time when we're desperately trying to stop Israel and Iran going to war. 

I can't decide if they're evil, thick or a bit of both?

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Toned it down a bit

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