Stooo wrote:Snookerballs wrote:For the record.
One DFC Distinguished Flying Cross ,
Two Air Force Cross medals were awarded to the " Fly Boys" for the Falklands Conflict .
I read about that, it was doomed to failure but somehow they just managed to pull it off even though it was totally unnecessary. The lives of the pilots of not only the bombers but the Victor refuelling aircraft were at risk from lack of fuel.
I saw the documentary on that, the longest bombing raid.
So many planes flying to act as fuel tankers for each other just to get one on target.
Brilliant. Highly symbolic, as per the Doolittle raid on Japan, a major morale booster for one side that struck fear into the other by proving they were not out of reach.
The mathematical planning into number of planes and fuel loads was incredible.
The original plane designated to bomb port Stanley had to withdraw shortly after take off because of a leak in pilots canopy but even that event had been factored into the meticulous planning.
The RAF are a very clever outfit, they are at this moment in time involved in probing Russian three tier, supposedly impenetrable, S400 air defence systems and the Russians are concerned.
Typhoons are probing and 2 types of electronic surveillance aircraft, high and low altitude, are examining the electronic warfare information from “attacks” attacks at different altitudes.
S400 is a brilliant system that has a 3rd long missile that can hit orbit and fly down onto targets from above and a blast radius of 300 metres.
Evaluating the reactions of operators of such a 3 tier system will pave the way for best attack methods, and they believe they can defeat it. Just as the Israelis have done already.
[quote="Stooo"][quote="Snookerballs"]For the record.
One DFC Distinguished Flying Cross ,
Two Air Force Cross medals were awarded to the " Fly Boys" for the Falklands Conflict .[/quote]
I read about that, it was doomed to failure but somehow they just managed to pull it off even though it was totally unnecessary. The lives of the pilots of not only the bombers but the Victor refuelling aircraft were at risk from lack of fuel.[/quote]
I saw the documentary on that, the longest bombing raid.
So many planes flying to act as fuel tankers for each other just to get one on target.
Brilliant. Highly symbolic, as per the Doolittle raid on Japan, a major morale booster for one side that struck fear into the other by proving they were not out of reach.
The mathematical planning into number of planes and fuel loads was incredible.
The original plane designated to bomb port Stanley had to withdraw shortly after take off because of a leak in pilots canopy but even that event had been factored into the meticulous planning.
The RAF are a very clever outfit, they are at this moment in time involved in probing Russian three tier, supposedly impenetrable, S400 air defence systems and the Russians are concerned.
Typhoons are probing and 2 types of electronic surveillance aircraft, high and low altitude, are examining the electronic warfare information from “attacks” attacks at different altitudes.
S400 is a brilliant system that has a 3rd long missile that can hit orbit and fly down onto targets from above and a blast radius of 300 metres.
Evaluating the reactions of operators of such a 3 tier system will pave the way for best attack methods, and they believe they can defeat it. Just as the Israelis have done already.
