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Post by progressiveelement on Jun 25, 2017 1:38:57 GMT
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During the Falklands War, a US operative was among a group of captured Argentine soldiers. He was separated and was given round the clock protection as some Brit soldiers wanted to kill him.
Countries the US and UK have supplied certain munitions to, they can't use them against the suppliers through deliberate design.
The YF-23 is in service as a recon plane.
Base I live next to is HQ for a Special Forces unit composed of Marines, Paras, and RAF Regiment. SAS may have a recruitment office on base. SAS also (rumoured) to have checked out security. Lot of red faces when they succeeded getting in with easy methods - jogging in, and waving at the guard; marching in and waving an ID that had total bullshit on it; driving a "drunk" friend in; climbing over a fence, knife in pocket, and approaching first squaddie to ask for directions...
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Post by maya55555 on Jun 25, 2017 1:41:47 GMT
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Jun 25, 2017 1:42:55 GMT
Gee, why would they want to do that? Aren't we the ones who taught you to refrigerate your beer?  |
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Post by progressiveelement on Jun 25, 2017 1:53:13 GMT
Gee, why would they want to do that? Aren't we the ones who taught you to refrigerate your beer? Playing both sides. The US secretly provided Intel to the UK, but Argentina was a US ally - as in not Communist. |
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Post by progressiveelement on Jun 25, 2017 1:57:19 GMT
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Jun 25, 2017 2:05:11 GMT
Gee, why would they want to do that? Aren't we the ones who taught you to refrigerate your beer? Playing both sides. The US secretly provided Intel to the UK, but Argentina was a US ally - as in not Communist. That was actually good. Hell, Prog, I might make a conspiracy theorist out of you yet. |
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Post by progressiveelement on Jun 25, 2017 2:13:52 GMT
Playing both sides. The US secretly provided Intel to the UK, but Argentina was a US ally - as in not Communist. That was actually good. Hell, Prog, I might make a conspiracy theorist out of you yet. 🙌 |
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Post by PanLeo on Jun 25, 2017 11:25:47 GMT
The Brits are blood thirsty aren't they?
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Post by Arlon10 on Jun 25, 2017 11:35:16 GMT
👄 During the Falklands War, a US operative was among a group of captured Argentine soldiers. He was separated and was given round the clock protection as some Brit soldiers wanted to kill him. Countries the US and UK have supplied certain munitions to, they can't use them against the suppliers through deliberate design. The YF-23 is in service as a recon plane. Base I live next to is HQ for a Special Forces unit composed of Marines, Paras, and RAF Regiment. SAS may have a recruitment office on base. SAS also (rumoured) to have checked out security. Lot of red faces when they succeeded getting in with easy methods - jogging in, and waving at the guard; marching in and waving an ID that had total bullshit on it; driving a "drunk" friend in; climbing over a fence, knife in pocket, and approaching first squaddie to ask for directions... 👍 It's embarrassing when it gets "Larry, Curly and Mo"-ish, especially in the Middle East. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2017 13:03:55 GMT
The Brits are blood thirsty aren't they? Nah, most Brits I know are beer drinkers. |
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Post by PanLeo on Jun 25, 2017 13:23:08 GMT
The Brits are blood thirsty aren't they? Nah, most Brits I know are beer drinkers. I guess all the beer would explain British foreign policy so that makes sense. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2017 14:33:30 GMT
Nah, most Brits I know are beer drinkers. I guess all the beer would explain British foreign policy so that makes sense. You think British foreign policy doesn't make sense? In what way? |
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Post by captainbryce on Jun 25, 2017 16:32:51 GMT
👄 During the Falklands War, a US operative was among a group of captured Argentine soldiers. He was separated and was given round the clock protection as some Brit soldiers wanted to kill him. Countries the US and UK have supplied certain munitions to, they can't use them against the suppliers through deliberate design. The YF-23 is in service as a recon plane. Base I live next to is HQ for a Special Forces unit composed of Marines, Paras, and RAF Regiment. SAS may have a recruitment office on base. SAS also (rumoured) to have checked out security. Lot of red faces when they succeeded getting in with easy methods - jogging in, and waving at the guard; marching in and waving an ID that had total bullshit on it; driving a "drunk" friend in; climbing over a fence, knife in pocket, and approaching first squaddie to ask for directions... 👍 1) Sorry but no. There were only ever two YF-23 prototypes that were constructed, and after Northrup lost the Air Force Advanced Tactical Fighter contract in the late 90s, they were both gutted and their airframes sent to museums for display. They have never been "in service" and they haven't flown in decades. 2) The "Y" designation in any YF plane refers to an experimental prototype. Any aircraft currently in serves would not have a "Y" designator. And the "F" designator indicates a "fighter" aircraft. If the plane was used for reconnaissance, it would not have an "F" either. A recon aircraft would have an "R" designator, (ie: RC-135, RQ-4, etc) |
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Post by progressiveelement on Jun 26, 2017 7:07:20 GMT
👄 During the Falklands War, a US operative was among a group of captured Argentine soldiers. He was separated and was given round the clock protection as some Brit soldiers wanted to kill him. Countries the US and UK have supplied certain munitions to, they can't use them against the suppliers through deliberate design. The YF-23 is in service as a recon plane. Base I live next to is HQ for a Special Forces unit composed of Marines, Paras, and RAF Regiment. SAS may have a recruitment office on base. SAS also (rumoured) to have checked out security. Lot of red faces when they succeeded getting in with easy methods - jogging in, and waving at the guard; marching in and waving an ID that had total bullshit on it; driving a "drunk" friend in; climbing over a fence, knife in pocket, and approaching first squaddie to ask for directions... 👍 1) Sorry but no. There were only ever two YF-23 prototypes that were constructed, and after Northrup lost the Air Force Advanced Tactical Fighter contract in the late 90s, they were both gutted and their airframes sent to museums for display. They have never been "in service" and they haven't flown in decades. 2) The "Y" designation in any YF plane refers to an experimental prototype. Any aircraft currently in serves would not have a "Y" designator. And the "F" designator indicates a "fighter" aircraft. If the plane was used for reconnaissance, it would not have an "F" either. A recon aircraft would have an "R" designator, (ie: RC-135, RQ-4, etc) 1) That one came from the old man. Guess he breathed in too much chemicals. 👍 2) I was kinda being general. Plus RF has been used for RF-4, RF-8, RF-5, and the cancelled RF-18D (but concept revived for F/A-18D(RC)). 👍 |
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Post by captainbryce on Jun 26, 2017 12:27:58 GMT
1) Sorry but no. There were only ever two YF-23 prototypes that were constructed, and after Northrup lost the Air Force Advanced Tactical Fighter contract in the late 90s, they were both gutted and their airframes sent to museums for display. They have never been "in service" and they haven't flown in decades. 2) The "Y" designation in any YF plane refers to an experimental prototype. Any aircraft currently in serves would not have a "Y" designator. And the "F" designator indicates a "fighter" aircraft. If the plane was used for reconnaissance, it would not have an "F" either. A recon aircraft would have an "R" designator, (ie: RC-135, RQ-4, etc) 1) That one came from the old man. Guess he breathed in to much chemicals. 👍 2) I was kinda being general. Plus RF has been used for RF-4, RF-8, RF-5, and the cancelled RF-18D (but concept revived for F/A-18D(RC)). 👍 True, but in those cases an existing fighter aircraft had been modified with new avionics and sensors that changed its primary mission. The YF-23 was never a fighter aircraft to begin with, it was an experimental prototype. IF the Air Force wanted to buy it with the intent of using it as a recon aircraft (which would be very silly and extremely expensive), such modifications would be made before the production models roll out, not after. |
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