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(MSN)   Upon asking England if they can spare a few fighter jets for the Ukraine war, we discover that England only has 130 fighter jets and three pilots, all named Nigel   (msn.com) divider line
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SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-08 1:00:48 PM  
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2023-02-08 1:01:27 PM  
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2023-02-08 1:04:07 PM  
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/What is that, like 2 US aircraft carriers?
//Holy f*cking sh*t we spend a lot of money.
 
Carter Pewterschmidt [TotalFark]
2023-02-08 1:15:26 PM  
Cameron's austerity hit the military hard. The RAF lost all its Tornados, Harriers, Nimrods. And the Jaguars were retired in 2007. The E-3 Sentry AWACs were also retired but a couple were still available and have been covering Ukraine along with the RAF Rivet Joints.

/The Harriers were all sold to the US.
 
elvisaintdead [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-08 1:29:55 PM  

SpectroBoy: [everydayguitargear.files.wordpress.com image 338x400]


None. None more Nigel.
 
Petit_Merdeux [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-08 1:33:35 PM  
129 are Sopwith Camels.

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Englebert Slaptyback
2023-02-08 2:00:35 PM  
I hope they're not running low on banter.
 
I hereby demand that I be given a Fark account [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-08 2:02:32 PM  
XTC - Making Plans For Nigel
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OdradekRex [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-08 2:04:50 PM  
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Ginger's gutted.
 
stevenboof [OhFark]
2023-02-08 2:06:08 PM  

Carter Pewterschmidt: Cameron's austerity hit the military hard. The RAF lost all its Tornados, Harriers, Nimrods. And the Jaguars were retired in 2007. The E-3 Sentry AWACs were also retired but a couple were still available and have been covering Ukraine along with the RAF Rivet Joints.

/The Harriers were all sold to the US.


"Four major defence reviews have been conducted since the end of the Cold War: the 1990 Options for Change, the 1998 Strategic Defence Review, the 2003 Delivering Security in a Changing World and the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR). All four defence reviews have resulted in steady reductions in manpower and numbers of aircraft, especially combat aircraft such as fast-jets."

Looks like someone is lying...Again.
 
Hey Nurse! [OhFark]
2023-02-08 2:06:13 PM  
I'd like to be supreme ruler. The days of spending trillions of dollars for billions of dollars worth of benefit, if any, would be over. I just find it inconceivable that we can spend so much money so a couple of dudes can have a dick measuring contest, and in the same breath, say sorry there's no money for education or feeding the poor or healthcare for seniors. I hate this farking place.
 
menschenfresser
2023-02-08 2:07:43 PM  
Why would England need its own fleet of fighter jets? Don't they rely on the UK government (the RAF) for air power?

Or are Wales and/or Northern Ireland maybe a grave threat to England and the RAF can't be counted on to defend England against them?
 
BMFPitt
2023-02-08 2:08:32 PM  
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Clash City Farker
2023-02-08 2:08:34 PM  
Now they are making plans for Nigel.
 
Ragin' Asian [recently expired TotalFark]
2023-02-08 2:09:31 PM  

Carter Pewterschmidt: Cameron's austerity hit the military hard. The RAF lost all its Tornados, Harriers, Nimrods. And the Jaguars were retired in 2007. The E-3 Sentry AWACs were also retired but a couple were still available and have been covering Ukraine along with the RAF Rivet Joints.

/The Harriers were all sold to the US.


Would've been fine if something something didn't cut off Britain's access to Eurofighter jets.
 
batlock666
2023-02-08 2:09:49 PM  
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oldfarthenry [TotalFark]
2023-02-08 2:10:24 PM  
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stevenboof [OhFark]
2023-02-08 2:10:51 PM  

Clash City Farker: Now they are making plans for Nigel.


I had no idea that was released in 1979.
 
Karma Chameleon
2023-02-08 2:11:12 PM  
hahaha stupid england they dont even have a bloated military with excessive, unnecessary costs
 
nazar428 [BareFark]
2023-02-08 2:14:40 PM  
Is that supposed to be not enough?  130 sounds like plenty for the small area of the British Isles.  They are a part of NATO so would get help from others if there was a major attack, they don't need to have enough to fight the whole world by themselves.
 
Faraday's Child
2023-02-08 2:15:43 PM  
Where the hell was Biggles?
 
whidbey
2023-02-08 2:16:58 PM  
all named Nigel

We should make plans for them.
 
maddogdelta
2023-02-08 2:19:03 PM  
What about Bruce.... Oh, wait, he's the exchange pilot from Australia
 
towatchoverme
2023-02-08 2:19:17 PM  
So, about as many as Canada?

That's not good ...
 
Pieru [OhFark]
2023-02-08 2:20:14 PM  
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karl2025
2023-02-08 2:20:23 PM  

Karma Chameleon: hahaha stupid england they dont even have a bloated military with excessive, unnecessary costs


Well currently they have a need for fighter jets they're not sure they can meet, so while it's not excessive it also might not be sufficient.
 
Wessoman
2023-02-08 2:20:53 PM  

I hereby demand that I be given a Fark account: [YouTube video: XTC - Making Plans For Nigel]


I think the plans for the three Nigels are to promote them to generals and majors, so they could train other pilots. I'm sure all of their senses will be working overtime.
 
maddogdelta
2023-02-08 2:21:01 PM  
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What?
 
E_Henry_Thripshaws_Disease
2023-02-08 2:21:01 PM  
do they banter
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JessieL
2023-02-08 2:21:24 PM  
The old Winstons could do 95% of what a Nigel can, at 15% of the cost.

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Broktun
2023-02-08 2:25:07 PM  
#lendleaseifneeded
 
Pieru [OhFark]
2023-02-08 2:25:49 PM  

Wessoman: I hereby demand that I be given a Fark account: [YouTube video: XTC - Making Plans For Nigel]

I think the plans for the three Nigels are to promote them to generals and majors, so they could train other pilots. I'm sure all of their senses will be working overtime.


These pilots will then go on to become the dukes of the stratosphear.
 
deadsanta
2023-02-08 2:25:56 PM  
Europe is still not rearming, even after watching Russia wake up and start plundering.  Farking imbeciles, it's not America getting invaded in the next few years, dunno why they'd rely on it to defend them.
 
moulderx1 [OhFark]
2023-02-08 2:28:12 PM  

E_Henry_Thripshaws_Disease: do they banter
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Bally Jerry pranged his kite right in the how's your father. Hairy blighter dicky-birded, feathered back on his Sammy, took a waspy, flipped over on his Betty Harper's and caught his can in the Bertie.
 
karl2025
2023-02-08 2:28:20 PM  

nazar428: Is that supposed to be not enough?  130 sounds like plenty for the small area of the British Isles.  They are a part of NATO so would get help from others if there was a major attack, they don't need to have enough to fight the whole world by themselves.


While they would get help from the rest of NATO in the event of an attack, they are also required to help the rest of NATO in the event of an attack, so they need some ability to extend their protection to the rest of the alliance. Beyond that, they also want force projection capability to protect their interests abroad.
 
fnordfocus [TotalFark]
2023-02-08 2:30:15 PM  

Ragin' Asian: Would've been fine if something something didn't cut off Britain's access to Eurofighter jets.


It was possible that the UK would have deployed Eurofighters against Spanish Harriers during a post-Brexit standoff over Gibraltar.

I guess it still is.
 
kevljo
2023-02-08 2:30:24 PM  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/48th_Fighter_Wing

Why would they need more jets with friends like us on their soil?
 
kbronsito
2023-02-08 2:30:59 PM  
The US sending tanks was stupid. We've been doing a smorgasbord of equipment that is a pain to support. The deal with Germany should had been that if they'd freed the leopards, USA would take the heat off them with Moscow by throwing in F-16
 
eKonk
2023-02-08 2:31:12 PM  
England hasn't ever had much of an air force, have they? I recall seeing a documentary where we had to send Ben Affleck over there to save them in WWII...
 
Clash City Farker
2023-02-08 2:31:18 PM  

karl2025: nazar428: Is that supposed to be not enough?  130 sounds like plenty for the small area of the British Isles.  They are a part of NATO so would get help from others if there was a major attack, they don't need to have enough to fight the whole world by themselves.

While they would get help from the rest of NATO in the event of an attack, they are also required to help the rest of NATO in the event of an attack, so they need some ability to extend their protection to the rest of the alliance. Beyond that, they also want force projection capability to protect their interests abroad.


Like where?
 
karl2025
2023-02-08 2:34:41 PM  

Clash City Farker: karl2025: nazar428: Is that supposed to be not enough?  130 sounds like plenty for the small area of the British Isles.  They are a part of NATO so would get help from others if there was a major attack, they don't need to have enough to fight the whole world by themselves.

While they would get help from the rest of NATO in the event of an attack, they are also required to help the rest of NATO in the event of an attack, so they need some ability to extend their protection to the rest of the alliance. Beyond that, they also want force projection capability to protect their interests abroad.

Like where?


The Falklands springs to mind. They have also signaled a willingness to help protect Taiwan and other interests in the Pacific, and their involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan also requires some force projection capability.
 
Schmerd1948 [TotalFark]
2023-02-08 2:35:04 PM  
Blimey! Please reassure us that this isn't one of the Nigels!

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alternaloser
2023-02-08 2:36:06 PM  

Hey Nurse!: I'd like to be supreme ruler. The days of spending trillions of dollars for billions of dollars worth of benefit, if any, would be over. I just find it inconceivable that we can spend so much money so a couple of dudes can have a dick measuring contest, and in the same breath, say sorry there's no money for education or feeding the poor or healthcare for seniors. I hate this farking place.


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dtbcr
2023-02-08 2:36:33 PM  
To be fair, it's only "only 130" because America.
 
poot42 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-08 2:37:17 PM  
A Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jet takes part in a flying display at the Farnborough Airshow in Canada (Photo: Getty)


Wait.  What?
Somebody's gonna be pissed.
 
SMB2811
2023-02-08 2:37:28 PM  

stevenboof: Carter Pewterschmidt: Cameron's austerity hit the military hard. The RAF lost all its Tornados, Harriers, Nimrods. And the Jaguars were retired in 2007. The E-3 Sentry AWACs were also retired but a couple were still available and have been covering Ukraine along with the RAF Rivet Joints.

/The Harriers were all sold to the US.

"Four major defence reviews have been conducted since the end of the Cold War: the 1990 Options for Change, the 1998 Strategic Defence Review, the 2003 Delivering Security in a Changing World and the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR). All four defence reviews have resulted in steady reductions in manpower and numbers of aircraft, especially combat aircraft such as fast-jets."

Looks like someone is lying...Again.


This is going to be one of the lasting effects of Putins bullshiat. The longest peace in European history that allowed for the major powers to decrease the amount of money wasted on keeping a large military force 'just in case' was shattered. All of the European nations are now looking to ramp up military spending and that money can only be found by taking away from the citizenry.
 
Clash City Farker
2023-02-08 2:37:42 PM  

eKonk: England hasn't ever had much of an air force, have they? I recall seeing a documentary where we had to send Ben Affleck over there to save them in WWII...


Yes, and the few US pilots that went to help were greatly appreciated. Winston Churchill mentioned them in one of his famous speeches.
 
robv83
2023-02-08 2:42:38 PM  

Carter Pewterschmidt: Cameron's austerity hit the military hard. The RAF lost all its Tornados, Harriers, Nimrods. And the Jaguars were retired in 2007. The E-3 Sentry AWACs were also retired but a couple were still available and have been covering Ukraine along with the RAF Rivet Joints.

/The Harriers were all sold to the US.



I heard Pepsi bought one of them...
 
Bennie Crabtree
2023-02-08 2:44:33 PM  

Schmerd1948: Blimey! Please reassure us that this isn't one of the Nigels!

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Let's put it this way...

Harrier jump jets aren't VTOL, it's just that the pilot is that bad at flying them.
 
Slives [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-08 2:46:18 PM  

kevljo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/48th_Fighter_Wing

Why would they need more jets with friends like us on their soil?


So in other words, the US has almost as many fighters on British soil as the UK does....
 
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