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Monday, February 23, 2009

RAF bomber delayed by concrete farce

Tornado GR4RAF chiefs are facing an embarrassing delay to the deployment of Tornado bombers to replace Harriers in Afghanistan because a new concrete parking area is not ready.

The four-month wait means that summer holidays for the over-worked Harrier pilots and aircrew are likely to be cancelled as they are called back for one further tour.

Delivery of eight Tornado GR4s to Kandahar airbase has also been delayed by a failure to clear new ground attacks bombs for use and over the fitting of missile defence aids.

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1 comment:

  1. Pete24/2/09 01:18

    Its all bizarre and wasteful. Britain using fast jets for counter-insurgency,

    - Tornado, deep strike

    - Harrier, specialised VTOL

    - Typhon, air superiority.

    This is all in search of a slow ground attack aircraft A-10? for accuracy.

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