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- And so it begins by Man in a Shed on Nov 14, 2009
The RAF are poised to announce savage cuts shortly, in an attempt to pre-empt other cuts to follow.The cuts they are probably aiming for may well help kill the Fleet Air Arms fast jet capability (by wiping out the Harrier squadrons), and also are a t...
- Nimrod XV230 – a tragedy waiting to happen by Fitaloon at MicroShaft on Nov 6, 2009
Squadron Leader David Tisdale (ret’d), from the UK National Defence Association’s RAF affairs team, looks at the cultural changes that were partly to blame for the Nimrod XV230 disaster Throughout my RAF career, which spanned 25 years, th...
- The Ten Guilty Men by SUBROSA on Oct 29, 2009
Senior RAF officers were urged to resign last night after a damning independent review of the Nimrod disaster over Afghanistan three years ago found it was 'entirely preventable'.The report named 10 top brass and defence industry chiefs -some of whom...
- Nimrod: Ainsworth forced to apologise to Families by Fitaloon at MicroShaft on Oct 28, 2009
More on this later but according to the BBC The highly critical report, by Charles Haddon-Cave QC, said the Afghanistan crash occurred because of a “systemic breach” of the military covenant. A safety review of the Nimrod MR2 carried out...
- Nimrod review to reveal failures by Fitaloon at MicroShaft on Oct 28, 2009
The long awaited Independent review into the fatal Nimrod crash in Afghanistan will be presented to day and is unlikely to be happy reading for a number of parties. I have blogged on this on a number of occasions It’s interesting to hear also (...
- We Shall Remember Them by From One End of Kent on Oct 4, 2009
I recently revisited the Battle of Britain Memorial at Capel le Ferne just outside Folkestone. It is on the B2011, the old Dover - Folkestone Road.It is more than just one memorial. The South Kent College wall is shown in the top picture (click on ea...
- RAF Gunner killed in Afghanistan by Fitaloon at MicroShaft on Oct 3, 2009
The MOD yesterday released the sad news of the death of an RAF Gunner in Afghanistan. The MOD has this: It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that a Gunner from 34 Squadron Royal Air Force Regiment was killed in Afghanistan ye...
