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  1. Retired AF Guy

    Sept 2023 UKR Vet Recognition Incident (merged from several threads)

    Remember the Wehrmacht was just as guilty of committing war crimes as the SS was.
  2. Retired AF Guy

    Avro Arrow RL-206

    Wrong! The F-4 Phantom could do everything the Arrow could and then some. For example, it could carry up to 18,000 lbs of ordinance vs 4,000 lbs for the Arrow; it was designed for both air-to-air and air-to-ground combat, and most importantly, the F-4 had an airborne refueling capability which...
  3. Retired AF Guy

    Ukraine - Superthread

    Tom Cooper in his 23 Sep Sarcastosaurus newsletter (xxtomcooperxx@substack.com) had a still image (attached below) showing the second Storm Shadow missile just before impact.
  4. Retired AF Guy

    Ukraine - Superthread

    And now something different from the usual death and destruction:
  5. Retired AF Guy

    Avro Arrow RL-206

    Today's Globe and Mail has an article detailing on how strategic intelligence assessments by Canadian Intelligence agencies contributed to the cancellation of the CF-105. The paper titled "Arrows, Bears and Secrets: The Role of Intelligence in Decisions on the CF-105 Program" and was produced by...
  6. Retired AF Guy

    Sikh & India (Alleged) Shenanigans in Canada (split fm Non-Muslim terr thread)

    Various agencies are reporting that Canada has PNG'd an Indian diplomat: And in return India has expelled a senior (so far unnamed ) Canadian diplomat:
  7. Retired AF Guy

    Sikh & India (Alleged) Shenanigans in Canada (split fm Non-Muslim terr thread)

    According to what I read this morning (TorStar or G & M) the PM went public because he learned the Globe and Mail was publishing an article about the incident.
  8. Retired AF Guy

    Opportunity to update the CC-150 fleet?

    The Ottawa Aviation Facebook Group has some photos taken of the interior of one the new CC-330s
  9. Retired AF Guy

    Ontario Majority Government 2022-2026

    Took him long enough; should have resigned as soon as the AG report came out.
  10. Retired AF Guy

    Ukraine - Superthread

    Thanks, much appreciated.
  11. Retired AF Guy

    Ukraine - Superthread

    That looks like a AIM-7 Sparrow on the wingtips and a AIM-9 Sidewinder under the wing; usally its the other way around. Does anybody know if that is a normal configuration?
  12. Retired AF Guy

    Armoured RECCE

    "[w]ill be delivered in a similar manner to Canadian Forces Bases in Gagetown, NB, Petawawa, ON, Valcartier, QC, and Montréal, QC.' No deliveries for units in western Canada?
  13. Retired AF Guy

    Ukraine - Superthread

    Shades of George Orwell's 1984.
  14. Retired AF Guy

    Ontario Majority Government 2022-2026

    Probably realized that there might actually be something going on and decided to pull a Pontus Pilate and wash their hands of it. Let someone else take the heat.
  15. Retired AF Guy

    Ukraine - Superthread

    Several commentators have also called attention to the rapid identification.
  16. Retired AF Guy

    Ukraine - Superthread

    The passenger/crew list from the above Meduza link:
  17. Retired AF Guy

    Ukraine - Superthread

    The Russian Meduza website has a time line of the shootdown crash of Prigozhin's aircraft including this clip: Prigozhins right-hand man, Dmitry Utkin, was also listed on of the passenger manifest There are also photos of pieces of the aircraft, which apparently crashed several kilometers...
  18. Retired AF Guy

    Poland gets 96 AH-64E and lots of toys for them...

    True, living next door to that mangy bear would scare IIRC they first went to France, and when France was invaded the Polish and French analysts then moved to UK.
  19. Retired AF Guy

    Ian [Kat] Stevens

    RIP and condolences to his family.
  20. Retired AF Guy

    Poland gets 96 AH-64E and lots of toys for them...

    $12 Billion dollars!! Where the heck is Poland getting all this money for all their buys?
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