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First Royal Navy F-18F Spotted

Posted: 07 Aug 2010, 22:17
by f4nutter
if only this could be true 8)

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Re: First Royal Navy F-18F Spotted

Posted: 07 Aug 2010, 22:36
by Firebird
Very true, and very nice, although I think in reality that the grey's would be darker.

I would also suspect that the amount of white would be reduced, i.e no white ensign and the sqn markings toned down, but hey it is still fantasy. :)

Re: First Royal Navy F-18F Spotted

Posted: 08 Aug 2010, 19:11
by nickblack423
Lovely, here's hoping it becomes a reality. I've never liked or trusted JSF and I'd be so glad if they cut funding for it.

Nick

Re: First Royal Navy F-18F Spotted

Posted: 08 Aug 2010, 19:25
by Graham King
Well they will not need either when they cut funding for the carriers.

Re: First Royal Navy F-18F Spotted

Posted: 08 Aug 2010, 20:00
by reconmercs
nickblack423 wrote:Lovely, here's hoping it becomes a reality. I've never liked or trusted JSF and I'd be so glad if they cut funding for it.

Nick

ditto

Re: First Royal Navy F-18F Spotted

Posted: 29 Aug 2010, 07:18
by VulcanDriver
Graham King wrote:Well they will not need either when they cut funding for the carriers.

We had the defence minister at Portsmouth the other day and he was on local TV saying that the Foreign Office wanted power projection as part of its policy. I'm reading this that the carriers will still be going a head, the money saved on the F-35B (bloody awful a/c!) could be re-routed to the carrier project. I wonder if the RAF will replace the Tonka with F-18s so they can operate off the carriers too. If they do scrap the F-35B I guess the ski jump will go too. Of course the Rafale is also in the frame and its built in the EU.

Re: First Royal Navy F-18F Spotted

Posted: 29 Aug 2010, 07:32
by Garysb
Ray

Just change the badge on the tail from what they had last year Fly 100 to Fly 150 that should just about be right for getting it into service :D


Gary