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Nimrod R1s, were always referred to as R1s. But officially they didn't exist. None of the others have ever been known as R1s. Just Shadows, Sentinels, etc....

Edited for pedantry: I am referring to what people in service call them, not the official RAF designation.

 

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Nimrod R1s, were always referred to as R1s. But officially they didn't exist. None of the others have ever been known as R1s. Just Shadows, Sentinels, etc....

 

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I know that mate. What I meant was in service no one would say "I'm posted to R1s" meaning they were posted to Sentinel. They say "I'm posted to Sentinels".....I'm not talking about the RAF official designator.

 

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I know that mate. What I meant was in service no one would say "I'm posted to R1s" meaning they were posted to Sentinel. They say "I'm posted to Sentinels".....I'm not talking about the RAF official designator.

oh, probably because there is only one version in use, if you said you were posted to nimbods, most would think of the MR2, as the R1 never existed....

 

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Nimrod R1s, were always referred to as R1s. But officially they didn't exist. None of the others have ever been known as R1s. Just Shadows, Sentinels, etc....

Edited for pedantry: I am referring to what people in service call them, not the official RAF designation.

I'll put that with the other 17 Pedantry medals I've got!!

 

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Falkland Islands Defence Force (FIDF) manning a .50 Browning Machine Gun

 

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Force Protection (FP) elements commanded by No 7 Force Protection Wing from RAF Coningsby recently deployed on Exercise BLAZING CHARIOT on Salisbury Plain Training Area, Wiltshire from 6 to 15 July 2020.

 

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Glad to see that the quality of uniforms hasn't improved in the years since I've left. Maybe the Royal Marines moving to Crye kit isn't such a waste of money after all

 

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RAF Chinooks of 18 Sqn at Ex Decisive Manoeuvre.

 

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Challenger 2 with a autoloaded Rheinmetall 130 mm L51 gun.

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HMS Defender

 

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The Inside Story Of How The UK Culled Its Entire Harrier Jet Force In Just Two Months

Retired RAF Harrier chief recalls how painful decision-making resulted in the abrupt end of an icon before its time.

www.thedrive.com

Interesting read....

 

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HMS Defender

HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Queen Elizabeth

Sea Viper missile system being loaded into HMS Dragon's Sylver A50 silo at the UHAF in Portsmouth

HMS Prince of Wales receiving her second Phalanx mount on her Port quarter yesterday

 

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29th July, 2020. HMS Vengeance returning from a patrol

 

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Rough patrol juding by her tiles - she's not that long out of re-fit IIRC...

 

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Bloody thing looks like it's been in Portland OR in USA for a port call!! What ocean was she sailing in to be that messed up! ?

 

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Royal Navy Lynx Wildcat with 20 Sea Martlet missile loadout

 

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HMS Medway and RFA Argus conducting training in the Caribbean, August 2020

HMS Prince of Wales, sails past the statues of 'Another Place' as it arrives in Liverpool on February 28, 2020

Training ship HMS Bristol at HMNB Portsmouth.