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Are you or have you ever been in the Armed Forces?
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Clave
Senior Master Sergeant
I was in the RAF for 12 years working on radar and missiles (Bloodhound)
evangilder
"Shooter"
Cool. What years were you in?
Clave
Senior Master Sergeant
Oh god *racks brain* umm.. 76 to 88...
evangilder
"Shooter"
I was in the USAF from 1984-1988. Three of those years were at RAF Lakenheath. We had a few friends from the RAF in those days.
Clave
Senior Master Sergeant
I drove past there not long ago... it's pretty big!
Most places I was at were tiny radar stations/missile squadrons further up the east coast.
I did go across to Aberporth in Wales a few times to help fire the Bloodhounds on the range there, that was pretty cool 8)
Most places I was at were tiny radar stations/missile squadrons further up the east coast.
I did go across to Aberporth in Wales a few times to help fire the Bloodhounds on the range there, that was pretty cool 8)
evangilder
"Shooter"
Sounds cool to me! I'm not familiar with the bloodhounds, were those anti-aircraft? We had Rapiers at Lakenheath many years ago.
Clave
Senior Master Sergeant
SAM, yes, but much, much bigger than a Rapier (I did see one of those fired as well)
http://www.picture-newsletter.com/missile/
Bloodhounds are gone now, I think airfields are protected by Rapier MkIIs now...
http://www.picture-newsletter.com/missile/
Bloodhounds are gone now, I think airfields are protected by Rapier MkIIs now...
evangilder
"Shooter"
Oh, okay, those do look somewhat familiar. I'm not sure where I saw them, but I do remember seeing them years ago. Rapiers kind of made me think of a bad-ass R2D2!
Clave
Senior Master Sergeant
Haven't fired one of these in a long time:
anybody have a pic of the LMG? (similar to a Bren, with bipod and curved mag, but the barrel is like the SLR above, as it fires 7.62)
anybody have a pic of the LMG? (similar to a Bren, with bipod and curved mag, but the barrel is like the SLR above, as it fires 7.62)
Nonskimmer
Captain
Cool stuff welcome.
Clave
Senior Master Sergeant
Danke! 
BTW: The Bloodhound was classified as an aircraft, each one was serial numbered and had it's own Form 700....
BTW: The Bloodhound was classified as an aircraft, each one was serial numbered and had it's own Form 700....
evangilder
"Shooter"
It certainly was big enough to be classified as such.
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Medvedya
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There's a pic of a Bloodhound in the albums - the Airfix kit came with a Land Rover and a teeny Alsatian!
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=7252
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=7252
kiwimac
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