Steve Davies

FIFY. A random slapper with a fat arse? No thanks.

Pretty cool history. Congratulations on the anniversary.

I believe that he took a sabbatical last time because posting on the internetz was not compatible with his job or some of the work that he had been called in to do on a contract basis. I doubt he'll ever 'quit' BO.

Thanks for buying it! It was a really interesting book to write.

Toro Rich asked if he could use some of my images for the site and I told him that was fine - gratis. He never got around to using them. If you want some, get your designer to drop me a line. Or he can checkout this page, which has some of my work on it: https://fjphotography.com/WP/photography/

About 40 copies remaining. Final deadline for getting me addresses, confirming quantities etc. is 7 Feb.

Sadly not :( Address has to be US. We could ship to someone who can then forward them on to you... You bet! Send me a PM with the details (as per post 15, above). Cheers Steve

Sure. How many do you want? PM me with 1) the quantity required 2) name of recipient 3) full address where courier can get a signature (US addresses only) 4) A telephone number for the recipient Same applies for anyone else who is interested. Please see post 13 above for stock levels.

Update: Lakenheath: 100 copies on their way c/o 494FS Panthers Beale: 50 copies on their way Hill: 50 copies on their way to 4FS, 25 to 466FS Cannon: Quantity TBC for SOF Nellis: Quantity TBC DM: Quantity TBC for 355FS Columbus - 25 copies on their way + 41 copies for 41FTS Tyndall - 20 copies on their way AK - Quantity TBC Dyess - 10 copies on their way Remaining copies: approx 75 True. I asked Ed Rasimus to review it. To paraphrase, he said 'Fine. So long as you know that I'll probably end up saying that it's shit. Most of these books are'. Here's what he actually wrote:

Thanks for the offer, but the US stock is actually warehoused somewhere in Phoenix!

Sorry, gents. Have now made space in inbox.

Huggy If you're serious, you can have the books for free. We would request that you pay shipping. If that sounds satisfactory, you can have them. I wanted to give first dibs to the guys at Hill and DM because the book concerns those two wings (the book is Two Days of Rolling Thunder by Sam Deas), and I thought they would most appreciate the story telling of one of their forebears. However, the most important thing is that they go to a good home and that I get rid of them sharpish. So, if you want them, let me know.

M2 We have about 100 copies in the UK that I'd like to give to the Bolars or Panthers at Lakenheath, and several hundred copies in the US that can be shipped to either DM or Hill. So, hoping that the bros on both sides of the pond can help! Cheers Steve

We have a stash of books to 'gift' any Air Force squadrons that want to make a quick buck. Might help buy a few kegs of beer for the squadron bar. Time is of essence. Have to shift the books before the second week of Feb. Please see post 13 below for stock levels and post 15 below for instructions. Only cost to you is shipping, which is approx. $1 per book. That can be paid in US $ to my business partner Col (ret) Doug "Disco" Dildy (ex-Eagle driver). Payment details will be sent once the books have arrived with you, so it's a no risk deal. Thanks.

Can you explain your position on this, viz-a-viz military commanders being hamstrung by politicians?

Yep, it looked exactly like those ones.

I thought this was classy. Rescuers will rerun to the site to lay poppies. Link: BBC

An interesting article about it: https://www.f-16.net/f-16_versions_article8.html

Not new. https://img841.images...2/holdback2.jpg The Liaoning is formerly the Riga, a Kuznetsov-class carrier: wiki.

Copy. Filing FOIAs now.

This is direct from the flight lead involved in the second strafing action:

Look like Aggressor wings to me.

An outstanding selection of photos. I thought that they represented a unique collection and that many were extremely rare in and of their own right. Then I saw this one: I don't think I have ever seen an unauthorised photo the Kimpo MiG-15 before now. Had heard they existed, but not in the public domain.