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2010-08-07 Britain

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Posted by tipper 2010-08-07 08:02|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 The British Army is next, no doubt.

Posted by Goodluck 2010-08-07 12:01|| 2010-08-07 12:01|| Front Page Top

#2 RAF Flight circa 2011... bringing back the "Old RAF"

Posted by Goodluck 2010-08-07 12:04|| 2010-08-07 12:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Will they be using actual WWI aircraft?

Posted by tu3031 2010-08-07 12:04|| 2010-08-07 12:04|| Front Page Top

#4 I'd have thought a Mosquito would be an ideal plane for Afghanistan/Pakistan close support.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2010-08-07 12:34|| 2010-08-07 12:34|| Front Page Top

#5 The Westland Wapiti (a bomber/reconnaissance biplane multi-purpose aircraft) and Hawker Audax were used to bomb the NWFP Pashtuns before WW2

Arjan Singh, Marshall of the Indian Air Force remembers bombing Pashtuns hiding in caves and valleys

Posted by john frum 2010-08-07 13:15|| 2010-08-07 13:15|| Front Page Top

#6 The Wapiti

Posted by john frum 2010-08-07 13:54|| 2010-08-07 13:54|| Front Page Top

#7 I'd have thought a Mosquito would be an ideal plane for Afghanistan/Pakistan close support.

The Mosquito was kind of the A10 of its day with the advantage that it was one of the fastest planes in the skies with a huge range.

Posted by phil_b 2010-08-07 17:12|| 2010-08-07 17:12|| Front Page Top

#8 The Mosquito was kind of the A10 of its day with the advantage that it was one of the fastest planes in the skies with a huge range.

I think the Hawker Hurricane was a better, tougher bird all around.

Posted by badanov 2010-08-07 17:20|| http://www.free-fire-zone.org 2010-08-07 17:20|| Front Page Top

#9 Another year or two, and the Argies can take over the Falklands with a few skiffs.

Posted by Alaska Paul at ANC 2010-08-07 17:35|| 2010-08-07 17:35|| Front Page Top

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