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@ArmchairAdml This kind of precise, cynical, political humor does not exist in America... In comparison SNL is juvenile, crude and amateurish 3.3K views · 106 likes · 0 reposts · 12 replies Open on X →

@ArmchairAdml Yes, Minister. Back when BBC produced solid content. 2.1K views · 102 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

@ArmchairAdml A truly genius series. It was presented as comedy. Now we see it as "acted documentary". So much is now revealed to be accurate. 5.3K views · 235 likes · 3 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

“What is the purpose of our defence policy?” “To defend Britain!” “No Bernard. It’s to make people believe Britain is defended” “The Russians?” “No, the British. The Russians know it’s not defended” https://t.co/CLFfdKqyGc

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Armchair Admiral 🇬🇧 ✓@ArmchairAdml17 Sep

#RAF Royal Air Force Boeing P-8 Poseidon MRA.1 1x #43C918 ZP801 - RAFAIR 7045 RAFAIR 7045 up from RAF Lossiemouth today, first taking a look at Kaliningrad and Belarus, and is now operating over the Baltic Sea at FL40. @MATA_osint https://t.co/tGemVQs1h5

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Armchair Admiral 🇬🇧 ✓@ArmchairAdml17 Sep

#USNavy United States Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon 2x #AE5C60 169334 - COYOTE 71 [#AE6889] #AE5F50 169567 - SHINER 71 [#AE6838] The two U.S. Navy P-8s at Mildenhall are out again today. SHINER 71 followed by COYOTE 71 both using tactical hex codes are headed back out into the http

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Armchair Admiral 🇬🇧 ✓@ArmchairAdml17 Sep

I keep seeing this “Let’s Save Water” advert… it infuriates me so much. We’re the 4/5th largest economy in the world, and we’re running adverts shaming people into using less water? BUILD SOME FUCKING RESERVOIRS !!!!!! 3K views · 26 likes · 1 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Armchair Admiral 🇬🇧 ✓@ArmchairAdml16 Sep

AAR over the Med again.. hopefully my sim doesn't crash this time... (yes, I need to fix the contact point, but I took 50% fuel load so that's enough for the 11hr flight) #msfs2024 https://t.co/RUE810HCGY

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Armchair Admiral 🇬🇧 ✓@ArmchairAdml16 Sep

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Armchair Admiral 🇬🇧 ✓@ArmchairAdml16 Sep

#USNavy United States Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon 2x #AE5C60 169334 - COYOTE 61 #AE5F50 169567 - SHINER 61 [#AE5838] COYOTE 61 and SHINER 61 are back out this morning. Interestingly today COYOTE is using their real identity, while SHINER continues to use the same tactical ht

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Armchair Admiral 🇬🇧 ✓@ArmchairAdml15 Sep

Slowly getting the hang of this... boom contact point is a little off, idk how to fix that.. https://t.co/rKkh6Sf9jj

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@ArmchairAdml Superb thread 👏🏻 Do you know? If the RAF regularly take an addition airframe from beyond the 9 ‘core’ voyagers now? As that and the 🇫🇰 air bridge effectively make 11 on ‘ops’. The 11 F35B in 🇺🇸, are they trial airframes etc, outside the deployable fleet? Or part 833 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

@havoc_aviation *August, sorry for the mistake. 2.4K views · 9 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Summary That concludes the update for June. Any corrections, suggestions etc, please let me know! Thanks again! Follow @havoc_aviation for more aviation photography. 🧵/END 3.1K views · 12 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Reconnasissance / AEW&C Boeing E-7 Wedgetail AEW.1 No change in the status of the E-7 fleet. WT001 has pinged several times at RAF Lossiemouth but hasn't flown, and WT002 remains at Southend Airport for painting. No sign of life from WT003. Boeing Poseidon MRA.1 RAF Poseidon ht

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Tankers & Transport Airbus KC.2/KC.3 Voyager The entire RAF-operated Voyager fleet is currently active. Due to the temporary closure of RAF Brize Norton, the Air Mobility fleet has been dispersed to various airfields around the country. The RAF Voyagers are primarily operating

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Combat Aircraft Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II Eight F-35Bs which deployed to HMS Prince of Wales in early June have now returned to RAF Marham, leaving eleven deployed F-35s at Edwards Air Force Base, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Naval Station Norfolk and Naval ht

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#RAF Royal Air Force - Fleet Status August 2026 Royal Air Force Fleet Update for August 2026. In this series I keep track of RAF tanker, transport, ISR and deployed combat aircraft. Usual disclaimer, all information is obtained via public sources (ADS-B, ACARS, Spotters https:/

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Armchair Admiral 🇬🇧 ✓@ArmchairAdml17 Jun

@ArmchairAdml Rumour swirling that F22s are due into lakenheath next week on there transit home ? 185 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Summary That concludes the update for June. Any corrections, suggestions etc, please let me know! Thanks again! Follow @havoc_aviation for more aviation photography. 🧵/END 2.2K views · 9 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Reconnasissance / AEW&C Boeing E-7 Wedgetail AEW.1 The first Wedgetail AEW.1 airframe was delivered to RAF Lossiemouth from Birmingham airport after completing another test flight a few days prior. It will undergo both ground and flight tests while at Lossiemouth before a https

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Combat Aircraft There are 32 RAF combat aircraft currently on deployment across the world, plus No. 17 Squadron RAF - the F-35B Test and Evaluation unit. There are 8 Typhoon FGR.4s at Durkhan Air Base in Qatar (No. 12 Squadron), 10 FGR.4s at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus on Operation h

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Tankers & Transport Airbus KC.2/KC.3 Voyager The Voyager fleet remains unchanged from last month. All RAF-operated aircraft are active, only a single AirTanker-operated aircraft (G-VYGJ) is inactive, and both aircraft leased to Jet2 are operating. Two Voyagers are based at RAF

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