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• Three Vegetables with Notable and Interesting Facts Associated with Them

  
  Quazen — Authority: 481
  Is it a Sweet Potato or a Yam?   ( image source ) Low in sodium and both Saturated Fat and Cholesterol, the sweet potato is abundantly healthy. Sweet potatoes are rich in Vitamins B6, Vitamin-A and Vitamin-C and a source of Manganese, and are a source of dietary fibre as well. Distantly related to the common ...
  1 week ago

• Dubai 09: UAE hosts first mock dogfights for F-22, Typhoon, Rafale

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  Dubai 09: UAE hosts first mock dogfights for F-22, Typhoon, Rafale By Stephen Trimble The United Arab Emirates not only attracted the Lockheed Martin F-22 to the Dubai air show, but also staged perhaps the first mock dogfights between F-22s, Dassault Rafales and Eurofighter Typhoons. In parallel with the air show, the ...
  1 week ago

• RAF Puma Helicopters United at Benson

  
  DefenceTalk | Defense & Military News - Forums - Pictures - Weapons — Authority: 555
  After 91 years the RAF ceased flying from Northern Ireland yesterday when the Puma helicopters from 230 Tiger Squadron left the area for their new home at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire. Nine helicopters from 230 Tiger Squadron left their old base at Joint Helicopter Command Flying Station Aldergrove (formerly known as ...
  1 week ago

• Female top gun is from Stamford...

  
  Fair Deal Phil — Authority: 117
  When I first posted in May on the first female Red Arrow pilot, I knew Flt Lt Kirsty Moore was from Lincolnshire, but didnt know if she hailed from our part of the county... Now the Stamford Mercury has revealed that the top gun is a former pupil of Stamford High School...
  1 week ago

• Afghanistan Eating Into British Investment In Defense And U.S. May Follow

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 438
  Englands Royal Air Force is supposedly preparing a list of suggested cuts to existing forces and bases to get ahead of the next budget. The idea...
  2 weeks ago

• World War Ii

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 506
  In September 1939, World War 2 started when Germany invaded Poland under Adolf Hitler’s rule. In response to this, Britain and France declared war on Germany but took no action for some time. In 1940, Germany attacked Denmark and soon after attacked Belgium, the Netherlands, and France. They were all quickly taken. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Red Arrows Display Team Unveils Historic 2010 Line-up Including the First-ever Female Pilot

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 451
  The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, has unveiled its historic 2010 line-up at Royal Air Force Scampton, its home base near Lincoln. The 2010 team includes the first-ever female pilot, Flight Lieutenant Kirsty Moore (Red 3), as well as new Officer Commanding and Team Leader, Squadron Leader Ben Murphy ...
  2 weeks ago

• Flying Sikhs

  
  UBIWAR — Authority: 137
  A bit out of Ubiwar ’s usual range but I’m really looking forward to seeing this. My film-maker friend Navdeep Kandola is screening his new film, Flying Sikhs: A History of Sikh Fighter Pilots , at the RAF Museum in Hendon, London, on Sunday 22 November at 1400. It’s free and you can book tickets here or ...
  3 weeks ago

• “Magic Mountain” Military Bunker

  
  Popular Fidelity — Authority: 545
  It’s one of the most remarkable buildings of its kind in the world.  Built in 1989 and opened months before the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Cold War-era nuclear bomb shelter known around Alconbury Royal Air Force base as “Magic Mountain” is one of the most impressively damage-resistant structures in the ...
  3 weeks ago

• RAF Merlin Helicopter Crews Ready for Deployment in Afghanistan

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 451
  The first Merlin helicopter crews are ready to deploy to Afghanistan following pre-deployment training in the United States. The Merlins, from RAF Benson in Oxfordshire, will deploy soon and will provide vital support to ground operations and increase the capacity of UK helicopter lift in Afghanistan by a further 25 ...
  3 weeks ago

• Exercise Mountain Dragon Helping Troops Train to Fight the Taleban

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 451
  Military personnel and industry partners are using pioneering technology to train Armed Forces personnel for fighting the Taleban in Afghanistan from a hangar at RAF Waddington near Lincoln. RAF Tornado aircrew from II (AC) Squadron based at RAF Marham in Norfolk, Army Air Corps personnel from Wattisham Airfield in ...
  4 weeks ago

• MOD accused of sacrificing safety to cut costs in Nimrod crash report

  
  Bill's Comment Page — Authority: 464
  The title above summarises briefly the findings of Charles Haddon-Cave QC in his report on the crash in Afghanistan in September 2006 of a Nimrod reconnaissance aircraft, with the loss of 14 lives.Mr Haddon-Cave, speaking of Air Commodore Baber, who led the MoD integrated project team responsible for a safety review ...
  4 weeks ago

• Tornado F3s Mark 17 Years of Defending the Falklands

  
  DefenceTalk | Defense & Military News - Forums - Pictures - Weapons — Authority: 555
  One of the RAF’s most successful fast jet aircraft has completed 17 years defending British interests in the South Atlantic while continuing to maintain the integrity of UK airspace. The Tornado F3 fighters of 111(F) Squadron based at RAF Leuchars in Scotland have provided air defence cover from the Faroe Islands ...
  5 weeks ago

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