I thought the Jaguar was phased out by the RAF. Was this decision reversed?

Regards,
Herman

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Herman wrote:
> I thought the Jaguar was phased out by the RAF. Was this decision
> reversed?
> Regards,
> Herman
>
> "RustY©" > schreef in bericht
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I presume it belongs to the following:

http://www.qinetiq.com/home/aboutqq.html

Regards

Pat Macguire


(Superb shots, as usual, Rusty)

"Herman" > wrote in message
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> I thought the Jaguar was phased out by the RAF. Was this decision
reversed?
>

No, the Jaguar is no longer in use by the RAF. This is one operated by
Kinetic (spelt - QinetiQ) and owned by the MOD. It is used for testing and
evaluating various kit for eventual military use.

On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 09:02:58 GMT, "RustY©" > wrote:

>No, the Jaguar is no longer in use by the RAF. This is one operated by
>Kinetic (spelt - QinetiQ) and owned by the MOD. It is used for testing and
>evaluating various kit for eventual military use.

Well that explains it then ;) Was going to ask about that!

Good Pics mate - Are you near/on a training area or bimbing range
then??

Guessing so as some of those Tornadoes have blue practice bombs
loaded.

"Martin" > wrote in message
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> ......Are you near/on a training area or bimbing range then??
>
> Guessing so as some of those Tornadoes have blue practice bombs
> loaded.

No, not really. The Tornados will often fly hundreds of miles to their
targets (refuelling on the way) to practice their wartime role. These GR4s
were from RAF Marham but Scottish examples will also fly through on
occasions and they are many miles from home. They also 'target' power
stations, bridges and even houses in the area though without dropping the
stores of course.

"RustY©" > wrote in
:

>
> "Martin" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> ......Are you near/on a training area or bimbing range then??
>>
>> Guessing so as some of those Tornadoes have blue practice bombs
>> loaded.
>
> No, not really. The Tornados will often fly hundreds of miles to
> their targets (refuelling on the way) to practice their wartime role.
> These GR4s were from RAF Marham but Scottish examples will also fly
> through on occasions and they are many miles from home. They also
> 'target' power stations, bridges and even houses in the area though
> without dropping the stores of course.

Great selling point for the new homeowner - only bombed a few hundred times!