bobp wrote:Who is footing the bill?

Who foots the bill for any paint scheme?

I never said his point wasn't obtuse. Booo. Clearly forgotten your Falklands adventure. Oh right, it was a Navy campaign, token involvement by the RAF. I'm not really sure of your point? I'm well versed on the FI and assistance provided. I suspect you are just being a dick. And your point, which is...

I never said his point wasn't obtuse.

I think the point he was making was that the UK could use US weapons should it choose to.

Primos to move to Waddington.....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-l ... e-52709531

All by 31/12/20 ? Hilarious, but actually about what I expected. Page after page of speculation and personal opinions, repeated ad nauseam. Ask for a simple fact and we can't even get a sensible answer. Still I suppose you are all happy airing your fantasies, so I am sorry if I reminded you that th...

Jesus the thread police will go spastic when they see this!

Cancelled.

That is what he means. But there is no way we are paying for that. We probably should be though....

No, I'm saying we need to buy more full stop.

Repulse wrote: Given that in the 2000’s the Joint Harrier Force has around 52 a/c, could a similar 4 Squadron, each of 9 a/c, be the best formation?

No. We need more.

Ron5 wrote:You're correct Jake, the CdeG is too small for the F-35C.

By how much?

Salford City's average home attendance is 3,102 from a stadium capacity of 5,108. Portsmouth's current average home attendance is 18,223. However, Portsmouth's fanbase is far larger than its 20,160 seat stadium. There are also fewer clubs based in southern England than those based in the north, so ...

You mean I have to go to Liverpool to go aboard as a visitor, on a ship class that's based in my own home city and has never been open to the public?! Pfft... :roll: And its not as if Victory Jetty is a million miles from publicly accessible exhibits like HMS Victory, Mary Rose, NRNM and M33.... Ha...

Raptor pod doesn't fit comfortably, so you can't just clear it.

cockneyjock1974 wrote: I feel the RAF maybe getting their WE177’s back as well or whatever modern incarnation it takes. I’ve always felt with no evidence whatsoever, that they’re kicking about somewhere.

Not. Happening.

Are you trolling or pissed?

Training @RF is second to none.

Do we really have to descend into dick measuring as per usual over this?

I wonder if the heating in my building, which hasn't worked for 22 months, will be fixed?

IX(B) and 12 are the Sqns in question. 12 working with the Qataris.

They’ll be used for that as well. [emoji849]

Are you forgetting the ones from 17?

All good historical (and up to date) logged evidence of the RAF withholding Fast Jet assets from Carrier Strike. It should make the eventual transfer of the F35Bs to the RN far easier to justify. Not a good start for (RAF) "F35B Operational Squadron" qualification & training from the ...

SKB,

In case you missed it mate....

Not decided anything. Don’t even have an OSD and I expect there will be precisely ZERO interest in buying them.

SKB wrote:So WTO member countries like the US, China, Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland (etc.) are "poor" countries?!
Ok....

Are you actual stupid? You do know the vast majority of their trade isn't on WTO terms because they've negotiated other deals?