Lewin of Greenwich Naval History & Forum

Navy Lookout@NavyLookout·4h
Australian P-8A Poseidon was subject to laser illumination by Chinese warships. Descibed as “a serious safety incident" off north coast of Australia 17/2/22

https://news.defence.gov.au/media/media-re

Don't take your eyes off them Harry , they will be the future provocateurs IMO

Navy Lookout@NavyLookoutFirst time RAF P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft operating from overseas base - Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily for NATO ASW exercise #dynamicmanta22

See here

Note; due to lack of posting of late I had forgotten the method of inserting the short form hyperlink in the text so had to revert to a Private Message for a refresher already provided by Hon Mod Jim back in 16th Aug 2018.

Thanks Harry, but have every faith in your abilities which outstrip mine at every level mate

HMS MONTROSE@HMSMontrose·13 Jul


We recently conducted an exchange with US P8 patrol aircraft which we regularly operate with in the Middle East.

We hosted the P8 air & ground crew onboard before our team joined them for a tour of the aircraft. Such exchanges help improve mutual understanding of operations
https://twitter.com/HMSMontrose/status/ ... ez_vgqAAAA

Thanks for the update Harry , glad as always to hear from you

New equipment will enhance Royal Air Force search and rescue capabilities

A RAF Poseidon MRA1 maritime patrol aircraft has successfully deployed Search and Rescue equipment capable of sustaining up to 100 persons in distress at sea for up to three days.
See - https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/ne ... abilities/

Last TopGuns C4 of the series & we go out with a bang as pilot Moz flies against Russia for the 1st time.
On Poseidon, Ross qualifies as Russian sub hunter & Churgs is home from RAF Akrotiri