Typhoons deployed to RAF Northolt West London

[Dedworth]

A couple of greaser landings in this one :-





Elite fighter pilots say they are ‘trained and prepared’ to shoot down a hijacked passenger plane to prevent a 9/11-style suicide attack on the Olympics.

Four Typhoon jets will be on standby to intercept ‘rogue’ aircraft intent on causing carnage at London 2012.

Normally the RAF’s Quick Reaction Alert jets are based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire and RAF Leuchars in Fife to defend UK airspace. But the 1,370mph planes will also be stationed at RAF Northolt, in west London, during the Olympics.

It is the first time fighters have been based at the airfield since the Second World War.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1tqEg3Hh4

[lastlid]

The DC3 Douglas Dakota in the Daily Mail. I flew in one of those back in the early 80s!

[Dedworth]

The DC3 Douglas Dakota in the Daily Mail. I flew in one of those back in the early 80s!

I flew into the Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in one - great planes

[andy222]

They are missing the point. The damage will be done on the ground. If there is any.

[bigmarco]

I'm sure any potential attack will be on the ground, with some nutcase with a bomb in a rucksack ready to meet his maker. 7/7 mark 2. Can't help but feel it such an easy target for them.

[Dedworth]

Typhoons depart from RAF Northolt at end of exercise

[grahamw48]

Better here than wasting fuel and lives in Afghanistan.