Seems like someone is in a panic.
Have some Paul Simon.
Slip Slidin' Away'
They flew out of Upper Heyford UK.
If I recall only one F-111 was lost just off the coast of Libya.
Rest returned home UK or diverted to other bases due to damage/unserviceability.
UKpf.
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On Apr. 14, 1986, at 5:13 p.m., U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-111F Aardvarks from the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW) took off from Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath on the orders of President Ronald Reagan.
The airstrike, codenamed Operation El Dorado Canyon, was in response to the terrorist bombing of the La Belle Discotheque in West Berlin on Apr. 5 that claimed the lives of two U.S. soldiers and wounded more than 200 people.
All but one aircraft returned to base.
The F-111F 70-2389 (callsign ‘Karma 52’), the sixth aircraft on Bab al-Aziza target, vanished in unexplained circumstances. As explained by Peter E Davies in his book F-111 & EF-111 Units in Combat, crews in several aircraft saw a fireball hit the sea in the harbour area and many surmised that the F-111F had been hit by a missile. The escape module containing pilot Capt Fernando ‘Nando’ Ribas-Dominicci and his WSO Capt Paul Lorence had not deployed by the time the jet struck the water. The crash was witnessed by the pilot of F-111 `Remit 31′ — ‘It was a smear across the water. It reminded me of having seen napalm in Vietnam’. It was also visible from one of the EF-111As:
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-sad-story-of-karma-52-the-only-f-111-lost-during-operation-el-dorado-canyon/amp/
>Only saw an F111 twice in my Naval time
I saw them multiple times visiting Lakenheath & Upper Heyford and various air displays as an air cadet volunteer.
I'm jelly never been to Spain.
You must've been so upset when you received your posting travel docs marked 'Spain' kek.
Gravity is of little consequence to marine animals.
Think of the size of whales.
Staying at Two Palms Villa at St Croix.
Place is a rental but no idea if he is paying.
Probably getting it for free.
Do you have any dehydrated dihydrogen monoxide?
I can't stand the thick stuff.