I reckon the Lightning will be a fantastic aircraft once it's up & running & I can't wait to see them over head my house when they visit Lossiemouth.

But part of me reckons/wishes they were pure FAA & the RAF would concentrate on the Typhoon (& Taranis)

Pipe dream I know.

Id still love to see all of the 3rd Tranche being picked up. Twin seaters with conformal tanks. Nice long range strike to replace the Tornado properly. That said it's still a fighter bomber. Maybe it's time the UK looked at a proper long range regional bomber. A 21st century Vulcan/Victor/Valient re...

Definitely Gabriele. Build the 8 HM1s as pure AWE, makes far more sense than adding more tasks to an already busy Merlin fleet. It would probably cost less than one Lightning.

A tad OT but that was an interesting BMT promo video one page back. Bar the Venator have they produced any of the ships in the video?

Hopefully a Nimrod replacement will be funded soon. But at least we have NATO cover when needed. Just as the French needed our Sentinals & C17s we've needed their map. That's how it's meant to work I guess. Incidentally 2 lads I commute with are ex raf Nimrod guys. I get 2 very different opinion...

Afternoon.

Long time lurker on TD, MP net & Gabs blog. Just a Civie but long interest in the forces ever since spending summers with the Grand Parents up beside Kinloss.

Ironically enough I now live in Moray so love getting buzzed by the Typhoons & Tornadoes.

Usual rather opinionated post by Soloman over on snafu. Apparently the UK has "gone sour" on the F35b & the carriers. http://snafu-solomon.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/if-brits-are-sour-on-f-35-then-what.html?m=1 He has some great stuff on his blog at times, then the next time he just talks ...

downsizer wrote:I'd smash sturgeon though, I have really low standards and done much worse in Joannas, Elgin. Probs a fair bit of work to get her juiced up!

God's man why the hell would you venture into that Shite Hole?? I've lived in Forres for 8 years & have avoided the place like the plague.

Sea Kings with Stingers Wtf When & by what tit was that suggested ??

As a very long time lurker over on MP.net I wish this new site the best of success. I found the QE carrier thread to be incredibly educational. My thanks to all the contributors. I wish this thread & forum all the best ( can't say I'm impressed by the mpnet replacement so far) I'll go back to lu...