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The Sea Vixen was too big and too late, but I always wondered why the Canadians went for second-hand Banshees (which just fit a Majestic-class carrier) over the Sea Hawks which were a more appropriate size for the thing. They managed to lose over a quarter of them due to being such a tight fit on the deck.
 
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De Havilland Sea Vixen
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That flying fist logo on the tail is proper "Smell the Glove".
 
At the risk of further blurring the limits of the cold war/ww2 borders I present this. Didn't know the RAF had a Temperance and Humanity Flight but whatever floats your flying boats.

Taken from https://twitter.com/TrevClark1958 as I have a few times...

"The Spitfire 'farewell' at RAF Biggin Hill, on 11th July 1957. The flypast was led by the last three Supermarine Spitfires in service (with the Temperature and Humidity Flight) at Woodvale. They were piloted by G/Capt JE "Johnnie" Johnson, G/Capt J Rankin and W/Cdr PD Thompson."

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From the very early days of the Cold War: the Avia S-92, Czechoslovakia's knock off of the ME262.

Avia S-92

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The Survivors: Czechoslovakia’s Avia S-92 Turbina (Me 262)

By 1945 a number of German Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (“Swallow”) jet fighters were located in Czechoslovakia. During the German occupation period Me 262 airframe component…
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Another Cold Warrior that's up for sale... F-16C Block 30 in "First Jet" squadron livery.

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The IDF is getting rid of a lot of legacy hardware to focus on their modernisation program called 'Momentum' (irony/trolling?). Much less artillery, fighters and tanks, much more drones, cyber, precision weapons and space.
 
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The IDF is getting rid of a lot of legacy hardware to focus on their modernisation program called 'Momentum' (irony/trolling?). Much less artillery, fighters and tanks, much more drones, cyber, precision weapons and space.
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Emily Thornberry did a RUSI talk a while back on similar lines. Less aircraft carriers and tanks and more spooks, geeks, and thugs I think was the quip.

E2A, she was quoting someone else it seems, here it is from 2016: Re-thinking Defence in the 21st Century
 
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Lancman said:
Thank God that they were never scrambled in earnest.
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Amen to that.

Has anyone read any alternative history novels of what would have happened in a hot war at the height of the Cold War, 70s 80s? Resurrection Day does a good job in the early days looking at ten years on from the Cuban missile crisis. Threads was made at the time and there were various novels in the period by retired officers from John Hacket‘Third world war’ On down to Team Yankee. But has anyone come across anything more recent. I appreciate any such novel would probably make On The Beach look like a romantic comedy...
 
A380 said:
Amen to that.

Has anyone read any alternative history novels of what would have happened in a hot war at the height of the Cold War, 70s 80s? Resurrection Day does a good job in the early days looking at ten years on from the Cuban missile crisis. Threads was made at the time and there were various novels in the period by retired officers from John Hacket‘Third world war’ On down to Team Yankee. But has anyone come across anything more recent. I appreciate any such novel would probably make On The Beach look like a romantic comedy...
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Down to a Sunless Sea was the one I read. The novel follows a passenger jet trying to flee to Antarctica.
 
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As 15 year old air cadets we had a summer camp at RAF St Athan where they were decommissioning some Vulcans. We watched a pair doing some thundering circuits and bumps from a hanger less than 100 yards from the runway and spent a couple of afternoons tearing one to pieces with screwdrivers and spanners. That was the best fun a teenage lad could have had with his pants on, at the time, and we even got to keep a few parts. Absolute heaven! I've still got some gauges somewhere.

ETA> Just remembered. We had an end of camp parade there, where we were given a talk by a couple of fighter pilots (St Athan also had Jags then) and the base C/O who was superbly stereotypical and looked and sounded like Terry Thomas.

"I hear some of you chaps have been hiving parts off one of my Vulcans" ........... "Mum's the word on that".

For which he got a standing/whistling ovation!

Wonderful memory :)
 
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