#Airbases

[defencecapital]

Rafales Replace Russian Sukhois As India’s Frontline Fighters; Fly To France For 1st Multi-Nation Wargames

By Neeraj Rajput and N. C. Bipindra for EurAsian Times New Delhi: India is sending its Rafale combat jets to France for a multi-nation air exercise. This is the first time the 2020-inducted Indian Air Force (IAF) fighters have flown overseas to join a wargame in a friendly foreign nation’s air base. The French-origin nuke-delivery platform has emerged as the South Asian giant’s true “frontline”…

[nocternalrandomness]

Kandahar Airbase, Afghanistan - 9 Feb 2010

[planeyboys]

He's got food, water, a little plastic windsock

all the amenities

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

by David Collier

BBC Verify is promoted as BBC’s flagship ‘fact checking’ news service. But as you will see below – BBC Verify is a cheap, amateurish, propaganda device- that is driven by unacceptable bias, and publishes blatant lies worthy of a Russian Soviet era misinformation service.

BBC Verify ‘verifies’ the Iranian missile strike

On Tuesday evening, 1 October 2024, Iran fired approximately 180 ballistic missiles at Israel. Many were intercepted, but several sites were hit. On Wednesday evening BBC Verify published a 1 minute 20 second video – titled ‘where Iran’s missiles struck in Israel’.

The BBC Verify team tells us they have been looking at ‘where Iran’s missiles have landed’ and the video is to counter ‘a lot of false imagery’ being circulated online. They say they managed to verify strikes in the vicinity of three key locations – all of them military sites:

This creates an immediate problem. Why only these three? For example, a verified strike by Ramat Gan shopping mall has not been included. The BBC had reported on this – and so were well aware of it – but for some reason, BBC Verify left the shopping mall strike out of their analysis.

It is difficult to escape the conclusion that BBC Verify were deliberately pushing a pro-Iranian propaganda line that the missiles were fired only at military targets.

But it gets a lot, lot worse.

[theworldatwar]

Ground staff sift through the wreckage of an Avro Lancaster after it crash landed at RAF Fiskerton airbase - Fiskerton, Lincolnshire, England, 10th March 1945

[postcard-from-the-past]

Airships on the Rochefort-sur-Mer navy airbase

French vintage postcard

[i-only-ever-asked-questions]

On a bit of a rewatch and finding very interesting how Aziraphale reacts to being shushed.

When it is Gabriel, he completely ignores him and keeps talking.

When it is Crowley, he immediately complies.

Earlier that day he wouldn't have dreamed of ignoring Gabriel. With Crowley however the dynamic is different, comfortable, like this is not the first time Crowley shushes him and he is fine with it, completely old married couple vibes.

Yes, I know, nothing really new here but I like seeing them side by side.

[usafphantom2]

Late night Charlie always wanted to party…

@MAC_VSOG via X

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I love how much you love John Brady! That man is truly a treasure 🫶🏻

My love for that sassy man is bigger than the whole sky 😍

[tomochika0122]

yokota air base3

[t-u-r-n]

The airman’s house.

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[nocternalrandomness]

F-4G and F-16C from the 52nd TFW over Spangdahlem Airbase, Germany - June 1989

[myapathyhaspeaked]

heheh imagine if aziraphale was forced to kill crowley by the archangels but his sword won’t ignite because he refuses to hurt him with his entire soul

[usa-town-talks]

Britain and Mauritius Reach Sovereignty Agreement on Chagos Islands

Britain announced on Thursday a significant agreement to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. This deal will enable individuals displaced decades ago to return home while allowing London to maintain operational control of the UK-US military base on Diego Garcia.

British Foreign Minister David Lammy stated that the agreement ensures the continued operation of Diego Garcia, a strategically important military base jointly managed with the United States. The deal also paves the way for Mauritius to resettle its population on the islands, which were evacuated years ago.

“This government inherited a situation where the long-term, secure operation of the Diego Garcia military base was under threat due to contested sovereignty and ongoing legal challenges,” Lammy said. “Today’s agreement secures this vital military base for the future and strengthens our role in safeguarding global security, while also shutting down any potential use of the Indian Ocean as a dangerous illegal migration route to the UK.”

Britain has maintained control over the region since 1814, having detached the Chagos Islands from Mauritius in 1965. This move was made to establish the British Indian Ocean Territory, and in the early 1970s, nearly 2,000 residents were forcibly relocated to Mauritius and the Seychelles to facilitate the construction of the airbase.

In 2019, the World Court ruled that Britain should relinquish control of the islands, condemning the forced removal of the population in the 1970s to accommodate the US airbase.

The recent political agreement between Britain and Mauritius has garnered support from both the United States and India.

[theworldatwar]

British RAF Spitfire PR.XI PM151 of 400 Sqn at Kleine Brogel Air Base - Belgium, April 1945. Unfortunately the plane was destroyed in an accident whilst landing later that year. CREDIT : @usafphantom2 / SpitfireAA810