Re: Operation "Black Buck"
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I'm ROFLMAO!. Please contact Brian. He makes me look like a stupid dunce! turtonj1@... brian.turton@... He will help you. He goes to Cheltenham, & I do not mean the Ladies College!!!?He was selected for the MOD requisition unit in London, MI5
John
On Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 12:31:36 GMT, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote:
That looks like propaganda to me, John. ?There was no air threat from Al Quaeda. ?The USAF will have been keen to show off its new and extremely expensive B2s to justify their purchase. ?In addition, I would not trust the US intelligence system to pick targets that were free of civilian involvement; this based on what I saw when working with US forces in Op Northern Watch, but also how targets were picked for the Kosovo campaign.
Finally, Dubya Bush will have been anxious to be seen to be doing something in response to the Twin Towers attacks, not necessarily getting the right targets hit in terms of waging a campaign against Al Quaeda.
I have little faith in their systems, as you can see.
It was beaten by the Yanks, but they had the resources! All the RAF had was GUTS! & PROFESSIONALISM:??
John?
Chris, it wasn't gutsy. It was phenomenal. They knew they could end in a life raft in the Atlantic & die, but they all said: "We go on." John
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