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Country:  | ...I did actually list the F-14. From a ground strip, the F-14 would still be left standing by the Lightning though. Most interceptions took place from ground strips, and even with the Phoneix system the F-14 was still behind.
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11-04-2005, 09:46 PM
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Country:  | Ok u clarified the scenario.... FROM a LAND strip, the Lightning has no equal, period... My vote is cast...
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11-04-2005, 09:51 PM
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11-04-2005, 09:51 PM
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#19 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Originally Posted by plan_D Interesting thought about the Lightnings and F-15s. It'd work perfectly. The idea of the Lightning simply was to be up there first and slow, or hold up, the enemy until the better armed machines could be up into combat.
With a Lightning/F-15 combo ...it would have been the Lightning the shield, the F-15 the sword. | Yep, agree! We should run NATO.....
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11-04-2005, 10:06 PM
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Country: | If I had any position of power over the aerial defence of Europe during the late 80s, the Lightning would still be in service because I would have demanded that English Electric implement it's modernisation of the Lightning.
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11-05-2005, 07:47 AM
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Country:  | As much as id have liked to vote F-14, it has to be the Lightning...
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11-05-2005, 10:46 AM
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Country: | Here's a picture of an 11 Sqdn. Lightning ...now you should get what's wrong with the picture...
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11-05-2005, 10:58 AM
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| It might be the colored thingy at the bottom rear of the tail fin. And the bullseye just under the cockpit is missing a color. And if its the same squadron, its also missing the "J" code.
Hey, isnt that the French tri-colors...... the unversal sign of surrender and submission?
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11-05-2005, 10:59 AM
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Country: | Maybe the gold triangle in front and behind of the roundel....
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11-05-2005, 11:02 AM
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Country: | Damn right, les. That's the 11 Sqdn. symbol as well as the eagles on the tail fin. The artist has missed them off ...when not around the roundal they were at the front lower of the tail.
The white on the roundal and bars (on the tail) was removed later on. Some roundals would be ringed with a dull yellow.
But, les got it. It's on the bottom one in this picture.
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11-05-2005, 11:06 AM
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11-05-2005, 11:14 AM
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Country: | This could also be on the tail ...but there's always the black 'n' yellow marking somewhere on the Lightning.
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11-05-2005, 11:18 AM
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#29 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country: | Whoop whoop!!! Raise the roof my niggas......
Now.... What was my prize again???
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11-05-2005, 11:19 AM
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