Is Ukraine about to have a war?
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The Khalino military airfield in Kursk fuel farm fire in daylight, burn baby burn, that will cause problems.
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The UK stickers that you buy are designed to be stuck on the LHS of the registration plate. End of drift.
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I'm assuming it's "near" to the kerb, so the left, but why "off"? why not "far"?
Armour plate, tweaked engine, four wheel drive, blacked out windows and it had diplomatic plates (in effect). It was inviolable UK territory (in theory!), so there was nothing (officially) that either the East Germans or the Soviets present there could do about it. The blacked out windows were ostensibly to try and obscure the identity and activities of the occupants in the back, and one of the official duties we had (agreed with the Soviets and East Germans) was the repatriation of "deserters".
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Someone will explain the offside rule shortly. 😀
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Armour plate, tweaked engine, four wheel drive, blacked out windows and it had diplomatic plates (in effect). It was inviolable UK territory (in theory!), so there was nothing (officially) that either the East Germans or the Soviets present there could do about it. The blacked out windows were ostensibly to try and obscure the identity and activities of the occupants in the back, and one of the official duties we had (agreed with the Soviets and East Germans) was the repatriation of "deserters".
Serious thread drift but I will prolong it.
My memory is that we all had a BRIXMIS/ SOXMIS reporting card?
Did anyone on PPRUNE use the card to report a SOXMIS? My wife thinks I did, but darned if I am sure.
My memory is that we all had a BRIXMIS/ SOXMIS reporting card?
Did anyone on PPRUNE use the card to report a SOXMIS? My wife thinks I did, but darned if I am sure.
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The fuel dump is still burning, close up of it.
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A rare view of the Mastiff's and Wolfhound's in service in Ukraine
Fairly sure it was indeed a Senator. For clarity, and in the interests of honesty, my job was mostly going to parties, and there was never any danger involved at all, it was all pretty civilised, cultural exchange, etc.
The true hero is the R Sigs Sgt driving the Opel, to whom I will forever be indebted, as he agreed to covertly extract my wife-to-be as a favour. I'm also indebted to those that fiddled her passage to Berlin, all very unorthodox and done without the knowledge of anyone senior at the time (it did come out later back in the UK when we married, though) .