The spotty painted one is amazing, was that done for a tiger meet or something? They all look really well used aircraft, the cockpit view shows how dated they are.
Really pretty planes though, the chisel nose has aged well.

Spotty Jag was for the disbandment last year

http://www.airsceneuk.org.uk/hangar/2007/441jags/jags.htm

http://bbs.tiexue.net/post_2632442_1.html

Photos (maybe leaked from Chen Koon Hei’s personal computer) that claim ROCAF F-16A #6706 defected to Commie China, a few nights ago.
But ROCAF pilots don’t wear white helmets.

Is that someone on the bbs board trying to spin a story of the missing F-16?

http://www.f-16.net/f-16_forum_viewtopic-t-10038-postdays-0-postorder-asc-start-0.html

Russia has already luled U.S. into a false sense of security going on 48 years now. All those Missile test failers and false starts of the Su-35/PAK-FA programs are in my opinion “Disinformation” to make the west (think) “Russia is blunndering again”

You do realise that the Russians provide a time window for ballistic missile tests? Part of treaty compliance and also in general the telemetry is open. The time window allows the US to position assets to monitor the missile launches, its flight path and inert warhead impact.

http://www.state.gov/t/ac/trt/4714.htm

‘Afterwards, the START I Treaty was signed in 1991. This Treaty contains an obligation to notify any flight test of an ICBM or SLBM, including those used to launch objects into the upper atmosphere or space. In addition to the requirements under the Ballistic Missile Launch Notification Agreement (i.e., that the notifying Party provide planned launch date, launch area, and reentry impact area), the START I Treaty requires that the notifying Party must also specify the telemetry broadcast frequencies to be used, modulation types and information as to whether the flight test is to employ encapsulation or encryption.’

well the I’s and K’s are not “U.S.” F-15’s
yes the E’s haven’t been grounded. bUt that still a amall amount of E’s campaired to the A-D.

Just a bit of back-peddling there on your original statement. ‘ENTIRE’ would have been a 100% grounding.

Except Wales, but then no one would want to conquer them anyway. And the Independent Commune of Brum, that only has an Attack force.

Seriously though when did the UK military start wearing their uniforms in public anyway when ‘off-duty’? – back in the IRA days it was a strict no-no.

Regs were relaxed around about 2000. It may have been a few years earlier. This wasn’t for ‘off-duty’, but if you were on duty and had to go off base in uniform. Prior to that it was ‘cover-up’ with a civilian jacket on when driving to and from work. There are clear guidelines as to what uniform you can wear whilst out in public. For example aircrew in flightsuits (growbags) are breaking the rules if you see them in Tescos etc.

it won’t be too long till a bear breaks and the crew have to be rescued, wonder who will be doing the rescuing….?

The nearest SAR force and vessels to the incident. Military or civilian everyone in the vicinity is going to assist. Say for example a NATO ASW aircraft ditched in the Barents, the Russians would assist in the rescue of the personnel.