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RAF's Lightning planes land in Akrotiri for exercise

Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 10:22 am
by Paphos Life
New planes belonging to the RAF arrived in Akrotiri on Tuesday afternoon to take part in the exercise Lightening Dawn, their first overseas deployment.The F-35B Lightning aircraft arrived in Cyprus from Royal Air Force Marham in Norfolk and will spend six weeks at RAF Akrotiri....

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Re: RAF's Lightning planes land in Akrotiri for exercise

Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 7:21 pm
by Paul
I used to have a book about the English electric lightning.
Lost it along time ago!
The was an RAF pilot in the 1960’s was asked after his first flight in the Lightning “How was it”.
He said “I was with it all the way till I let the brakes OFF”
:lol: