Carrier Strike Group 21: Celebrating Diversity

 

 

Picture: P.O. (Phot.) Jay Allen,Crown Copyright

  

The latest rumour,which has not yet been officially denied,is that the recent crash of a Lightning II aircraft from Her Majesty's Ship Queen Elizabeth was caused by a rain cover which the pilot and aircraft maintainers had neglected to remove during pre-flight checks as they were too busy celebrating diversity (a term used to legitimise discrimination).

 

Carrier Strike Group 21: Happy Thanksgiving!

 

 

Picture: Unknown photographer,unknown copyright

 

Thanksgiving (should that be two words?),the colonial holiday the Royal Navy can celebrate without committing treason!

 

How To Tell If You Are A British General: Part One

 

 

Picture: Major Geoffrey Keating,Number One Army Film and Photo Section,Army Film and Photographic Unit,© IWM E 21341

 

You remember when people used to copy you,but now you copy them.

 

Carrier Strike Group 21: One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing

 

 

Picture: L. (Phot.) Kyle Heller,Crown Copyright

 

A pilot has been rescued and an aircraft salvage operation is underway after a Lightning II aircraft from Her Majesty's Ship Queen Elizabeth crashed in the Mediterranean Sea on the Seventeenth of November,TwentyTwenty-one,the Royal Navy has not yet confirmed rumours that a rainbow flag become entangled in the aircraft's lift fan when an attempt to create a hostile work environment for Muslim sailors went horribly wrong.

 

 

Picture: L. (Phot.) Unaisi Luke,Crown Copyright

 

Due to it's complex vertical lift system,the F-35B variant of the Lightning II aircraft used by the United Kingdom is likely to have higher accident rates than the conventional variants and be more expensive to buy,more expensive to operate,generate lower sortie rates,carry lower payloads,have less range,have less endurance,be less maneuverable and require more aircraft and more aerial refuelling to do the same work.

 

Picture: Chris McAndrew

 

There is a name for people who think such aircraft are a good idea,they are called Philip Hammonds.

 

Autonomous Combat Aircraft Swarm Attacks Warships

 

 

Picture: Unknown photographer,455 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force,© IWM C 5169

 

This picture shows Bristol Beaufighters from 144 and 254 Squadrons of the Royal Air Force,455 Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force and 489 Squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force attacking German 'M' class minesweepers off the Dutch coast on the Twenty-fifth of August,Ninteen Forty-four,overwhelming the enemy with superior numbers is a tactic which predates Stone Henge,yet the wet behind the ears consider swarm attacks to be transformational.