A great few days were had by all. Quite seriously, the best fun you can have with your clothes on!
More fun and games next year!



Living in Muscat. I love Oman, its friendly people and amazing landscapes. These are observations and reflections on what I experience during day to day life here, and should be received with tongue firmly in cheek.
16 comments:
so no-one else sniggered in a puerile manner at photo no. 1?
Happy to hear of your postive experiences ;-)
"so no-one else sniggered in a puerile manner at photo no. 1?"
hehehehe.....
JD
Haha... Why was this such a big deal anyway? RAFO F-16's would kick any one's ass.
Great pics - - and no hands !
"Why was this such a big deal anyway? RAFO F-16's would kick any one's ass."
Wrong.
Depends on who's flying it.
JD
Don't RAFO have experienced pilots who fly only one machine? I heard indians came with pilots from other machines.next time su30 I hear
Wow, nice joint exercise there! And I take it we didn't suck all that much.
It would be interesting to get an idea of the IAF from a foreigner's perspective. We are too patriotic to actually question our Air Force :)
Little bit of a curved ball but....sadly...this happens a little too often to the 76
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8336400.stm
RW
RW
Yes - they do have their share of problems.
JD
Aren't Jaguars being replaced around the world? Whats the point of the exercise?
Hammad
Not replaced in India nor in Oman.
Point of the exercise is "building relationships" and "blowing up pirates"!
JD
Ahaa! But isn't the reason why Oman is getting Euro fighter is because jags are old.
Blowing up pirates??? Using jags? Wouldn't it be easier to get naval helicopters to launch some missiles? Woudnt that be cheaper to do?
Hammad.....
Money is no object - especially when you want to REALLY send a message! :)
(No one said Oman was getting Eurofighter...yet!)
JD
JD
lol! All this doesn't make sense to me, I understand building relationships, RAFO and IAF should have good relations etc. But why would they use land based Jags? India has naval jags, why didnt IAF choose to send them? Its easier to send a bloody missile at a pirate vessel than spend $100k+ for a bunch of jaguars to fly out to Somalia/Yemen and drop a bomb. I don't know, I suppose the people who call the shots have different ideas, I guess. :)
Were RAFO impressed with IAF or is it just the usual media kiss assing with each other?
About EF: Only what I have heard in the press and my sources mate ;)
Had a further think on the exercise and I realised how important this is for IAF considering neighbouring assets are in similar terrain. If there is a need to take them out, it will have to be Jags. No more comments on the subject due to the strategic nature of it. It all makes sense now.
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