i heard the gripen pilots are all ex SAAF reserves![]()
Was thinking that last night as i heard the jets overhead...gotta be some old toppy AF pilots pulled out of retirement.
Sad really...
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i heard the gripen pilots are all ex SAAF reserves![]()
They are being borrowed from Lesotho Air Force.Was thinking that last night as i heard the jets overhead...gotta be some old toppy AF pilots pulled out of retirement.
Sad really...
They are being borrowed from Lesotho Air Force.
Forgot the smiley......Source? Surely we have a handful??? of trained pilots still capable tofly these machines...weren't they sent to Sweden to SAAB to be trained way back in early 2010s IIRC....

Was thinking that last night as i heard the jets overhead...gotta be some old toppy AF pilots pulled out of retirement.
Sad really...
People moan when we don't have an army, then moan when we do.
You can't just pull old retired pilots to go fly a fighter jet.
It just doesn't work that way.
Sense of humour failure or inability to grasp it?
I did 2 yrs NS ,unlike yourself most likely.
Straight to the personal attacks again...
Beautiful !!!Five Gripens came over my office roof in a V formation. The sight and sound cut straight through me... *sigh*
Nope.Facts.
Perhaps less trolling from your side and try to contribute more than childish comments to the thread.
You got a personal issue little man. Deal with it.
Those are the Hawks, still nice planes though.
Those are the Hawks, still nice planes though.
The top pic - Gripens.
The bottom pic - Hawks.
Thanks pic was small on my phoneThe top pic - Gripens.
The bottom pic - Hawks.