These were taken over 30 years ago, then scanned, so the quality is not very good.
I was there for the whole seven years from start to finish, the only combat pilot to go through or last the whole war, and looking at the photos for the first time for many years, brings back how many friends that I lost.
This is what we were supposed to be doing.
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My crewman Ali re-fuelling during an op.
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Dropping an underslung load of fuel
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My co-pilot taking a break
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I mostly flew unarmed Helicopters, but also took up the FGA's, Strikemasters and Hunters, to get a bit of my own back.
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But of course a guy has to have a break, and we had a great Officers Mess and a well used bar.
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I had long bleached hair in those days.
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We had mini mokes as personal transport initially, and used to race against the Strikeys around the Mess.
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Cleaning our AK47's before an op.........well the keen ones are.
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We also had a great beach scene when we were not flying, water skiing, scuba, sailing, surfing, and of course BBQ's. Shortage of women at first until the Air Hosties arrived, and wives from the German construction firms.
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We started a MotoCross team, and wom the Middle East Championships.
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We also used to pop over to Bangkok on R&R.
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still used to fall asleep though.......
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Some of my fellow pilots.
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Verians predecessor
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and finally, my Omani counterpart..........
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