I don't think thats gonna happen, unfortunately. The thing took me about 6 months to build from scratch, then another year of add-ons and updates, and then the rest that fllowed, and my computer crashed last year, wiping all the source files, macro building I had made and everything. To do all that ...

Thought I'd give in and put one up on here since no-one has posted here yet. All those who havent seen it yet should check out my scenery of Brize Norton, which although dated now (the basic files were originally created for FS2000 and then FS2002) and it is a little bit of a frame hogger, it is sti...

I saw them in a conglomerate with Evergreen called, Global AirTanker Service at RIAT the other year. It seemed like a bloody brilliant idea.

Nick

I saw them in a conglomerate with Evergreen called, Global AirTanker Service at RIAT the other year. It seemed like a bloody brilliant idea.

Nick

Well it just seems to be that way always huh. Take the A400M, far better idea for the RAF would be to mothball the C-130K, keep around 25 C-130J's for intra theatre stuff, and buy a fleet of 20 C-17's for Strategic airlift. That way we could use them as they were designed instead of with all the res...

nickblack423 wrote:The personal kit that the troops get provided with nowadays is second only to the USA which is good to see.

I'll re-iterate this quote after going and getting my kit for Afghanistan today. I reckon close to £1000 worth of kit on the commercial market. I was amazed.

Well yet another great piece of procurement from the UK Government. They should've just gambled and bought 10 C17's when they first proposed getting them. They have proved to be the best Airlifter ever devised already.

The same could be said about the F3. Apparently the Hawk aggressor pilots have to really fly easier to let the F3's learn cos they'd whoop em otherwise

Well at least it looks like we've found some brains and decided to buy a 5th C-17 soon. Hope we buy the other 4 too. Those things are awesome and I know the Army won't dare give them up now.

Well if we end up joining forces witht the French then I'm outa here. That really would never work. We are far too independant as a Nation. Look at the number of operations UK forces go into alone, or with the USA only, and then some other Nations help out with token forces after. All respect to tho...

Here we go. I thought I'd kick start a bit of a natter with a long asked "Time Bomb" of a question. What do people really think of the state of our Military? Personally, talking about the UK, it looks as though, technologically we are finally taking a bit of a step in the right direction, ...