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Between 1985 and late 1986, the army’s contribution was built around a reinforced light infantry battalion. From late 1986 it was reduced to a single infantry company. At the same time the squadron of Phantom FGR.2 was reduced to a flight of 6 and late 4 aircraft. That would make sense, the 1980s w...

Photo: a Rapier Missile firing, Falkland Islands 1986, despite the threat of a new Argentinian invasion having been reduce a lot due the Royal Navy nuking of Argentina's main naval base which prevented a second Falklands invasion and the Soviet Union having limit activity in this part of the world, ...

Another good update, seems the roles of entering g Germany are being reversed.

Matt Wiser wrote: ↑Sat May 31, 2025 7:36 am The one squadron with Hornets deployed to the Pacific NW with the ANZAC force.

Operating along side Canadian F-18s i assume.

Matt Wiser wrote: ↑Sat May 31, 2025 5:19 am They got a squadron's worth, with the balance of the order delivered-along with a second order-after the war.

So they had to do with the Mirages, also i assume they suffered war losses and regular none war related along the way.

Two questions, one would this be correct for a photo text. Photo: One of the RAAF's first F/A-18Bs in October 1985, just in time to see service when World War III broke out in September 1985, a total of 57 F/A-18As and 18 F/A-18Ba where ordered to replace the RAAF's Dassault Mirage III fighters but ...

Photo: a Argentinian Mirage M-5P C-419 and a Nord Aviation AS-30 missile both bought from Peru, in Mendoza, Argentina being made ready for second invasion of the Falklands by Argentina, 1985, however the destruction of the Argentine Navy main naval base by a Royal Navy fired Polaris SLBM on Puerto B...

Photo: The British Aerospace EAP, seen during its build process in 1985. The EAP entered into service with the RAF as the BAe Tempest with its first version being the BAe Tempest FGR.1 and the last being the BAe Tempest FGR.3 wich entered into service in 1994. The Tempest would be replace into servi...

Matt Wiser wrote: ↑Wed Apr 09, 2025 3:44 am

At least one Su-27 was found intact at Kelly AFB, Texas, after the liberation of San Antonio in 1988. One also believed to have been flown by a defector from Latvia to the UK sometime in 1987 or 1988.

Now that would be something, a Su-27 in British markings.

Matt Wiser wrote: ↑Wed May 28, 2025 3:41 am Thanks! I'll have to redo my Iowa fact file...

Please not to much, otherwise a lot of my photos will not be canon anymore.

Has anyone checked the Wayback Machine recently? I had a battleship fact file for the Iowas, but no longer have it. This one: United States Navy Battleships (1985 to 1990) https://alternate-timelines.com/thread/5479/united-states-navy-1985-present New York-class battleship Texas (BB-35) - museum sh...

Rocket J Squrriel wrote: ↑Tue May 27, 2025 3:32 am
Can we just lock him in a room with a computer and keep him there until he finishes this?

And only give him English Breakfast in the morning, Sunday roast with roast meat, vegetables, and Yorkshire pudding for lunch and Fish and chips for diner with only Bitter (beer) to wash it away.

So somebody want to know over at the other place, what the Queen Elizabeth's planned airwing is going to be while operating Sea Harriers and Harrier GR9s prior to the JSF coming into service ?

Matt Wiser wrote: ↑Sun May 25, 2025 1:49 am There were some surface units, but most of the ships encountered were KGB Maritime Border Guards or Navy coastal forces (Said FAC (M) and FAC (Torpedo).

OOC: a to bad, so my images are not canon then.

I can't remember did any of the Russian surface fleet sortie or was it no ships were around? I posted this over at my forum, do not know if it is canon. Photo: A Soviet Nanuchka-class corvette burning in the the Pacific. U.S. Navy Grumman A-6E Intruder aircraft operating from one of the carriers ta...

Poohbah wrote: ↑Sat May 24, 2025 4:10 pm
October 1986, actually. One historian describes it as the Navy and Air Force deciding to return the favor for Puget Sound.

Seems you are right, should have checked first.

Nik_SpeakerToCats wrote: ↑Sat May 24, 2025 2:42 pm ** RESPECT **

For a 100 + year old wreck she still looks good, i have seen ships that are younger who look a lot worse then here.

So it seems that USS F-1 lying on the seafloor a few miles from San Diego has been found. F-1 sank during a training accident in 1917 and is a war grave for the 19 crew who died in the 1917 accident. https://www.yahoo.com/news/american-submarine-lost-over-century-191400676.html https://s.yimg.com/ny...

Photo: USS Missouri (BB-63) firing main guns at dusk. Forrestal-class aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-61) in background undergoing underway replenishment. photo taken most likely after the end of the First Kamthatka Raid codenamed VERMONT CEDAR, 1987. VERMONT CEDAR involved a multi-carrier battlegro...

Poohbah wrote: ↑Fri May 23, 2025 5:23 pm
I kinda miss the future we never got.

To bad the Victor K2 was not able to refuel a Rockwell/BAe Lancer B.1 in flight, because that would be something to see.