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2022-08-08 Britain

RAF's Top Gun wannabes are spending years flying DESKS instead of planes due to shortage of aircraft and instructors

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-08-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 "Quantity has a quality all its own." When the RAF is down to one (1) airplane they can wheel it into a museum and save it for posterity.

Posted by magpie 2022-08-08 13:14|| 2022-08-08 13:14|| Front Page Top

#2 At least the Brits are grounded due to good ol’ bureaucratic bullsh!t instead of tiedown or meteorological ineptitude that allows your airforce to be blown overboard or tossed around….

Posted by USN, Ret. 2022-08-08 16:20|| 2022-08-08 16:20|| Front Page Top

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