£900,000 to paint a plane

[1959_60]

You see BT, all this moaning and your favourite plane was in action yesterday in seeing off the best that Putin and Co can offer.
They obviously saw the plane and thought thatBJ was on board so they buggered off quick!
Yesterday, Battlespace Management Operations personnel from RAF Boulmer executed their tactical air command and control function to identify a threat to the UK airspace and alerted the RAF Quick Reaction Alert Force.

The new VIP Voyager from RAF Brize Norton and two Typhoons from RAF Lossiemouth were launched to intercept Russian Aircraft, approaching the UK Flight Information Region. At no point did the Russian Aircraft enter UK Sovereign airspace.

Officer Commanding Battlespace Management Operations, Wing Commander Lisa Foy, said:

‘Security of the UK airspace is at the core of our mission. Personnel from RAF Boulmer and the wider Battlespace Management Operations team provide 24/7 surveillance of the skies and support the aircrew to respond to any threat’.

Mate of mine worked for the RAF as an air traffic controller.

He said that the Russians used to prod our defences every night, and we always had to respond. I'm going back a few years mind.

[sinkov]

It always amuse me, any time any old rustbucket of a Russian warship passes through the Channel, we send a destroyer out to shadow it, and it's in all the papers. Why ? What do they think it's going to do ?

[Supersub6]

Mate of mine worked for the RAF as an air traffic controller.

He said that the Russians used to prod our defences every night, and we always had to respond. I'm going back a few years mind.

Yep, they still do. We have 57 years uninterrupted service in the RAF and I am kept well abreast of things and you would be surprised just where in the world we have people serving these days.

[bfcjon]

[QUOTE=Supersub6;39524943]You see BT, all this moaning and your favourite plane was in action yesterday in seeing off the best that Putin and Co can offer.
They obviously saw the plane and thought thatBJ was on board so they buggered off quick!
Yesterday, Battlespace Management Operations personnel from RAF Boulmer executed their tactical air command and control function to identify a threat to the UK airspace and alerted the RAF Quick Reaction Alert Force.

The new VIP Voyager from RAF Brize Norton and two Typhoons from RAF Lossiemouth were launched to intercept Russian Aircraft, approaching the UK Flight Information Region. At no point did the Russian Aircraft enter UK Sovereign airspace.

LOL Our Subs Are Outdated ,..Left Alone , Our Fighting Aircraft ,,...will be Too
We Are Doomed , Sub,...
The Russians have total Control, and their is Nothing we can do....

[sinkov]

The Russians have total Control, and their is Nothing we can do....

We're not totally helpless Jon, we could always send our 250 tanks against their 15,000.

[Supersub6]

I've just had a note from one of my RAF mates who was involved in painting Boris's plane and he sent me this photo of his workmate!

[malwayne]

That’s nothing like my Workmate made by Black and Decker!!Am not sure which would be more useful in the house !!!

[Balanbam00]

You see sub ,looking at those brushes which is hard to concentrate on directly ,the woman will be there for years,by the time its painted they will have to sell it ,it will be outdated! Then how old will she be?

[The Bedlington Terrier]

That’s nothing like my Workmate made by Black and Decker!!Am not sure which would be more useful in the house !!!

Lol!