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AFAIK, it's not a problem at all for Hornets to slow down for refueling, they're pretty good low speed flyers actually. Now, CV, do you know if they've already upgraded the avionics so the CF-18 can use the latest and greatest in LGB and smart bombs ? Just read we have only half our fleet of CF-18 is operational (+/- 60 out of circa 120), and if things are as bad as they were when I lived near Comox AFB, and my buddies (ex in-flight ESM/ECM technician on CF-140 Auroras and a ground hog doing mechanics on the fleet, iirc ) working there told me out of 4 planes supposedly operational, only 3 really were on a good week. Would that mean, that we really only have/had 45 fighters ready to fly at any time ? Mind you, this was at one of the worse times for our forces, back in the mid-90s, from a budget pov. Seems to me not to be a very good ratio... Any info on this CV ?

Indeed, many thanks for the picturesque tour !!! Btw, a lot of digicams hate alcaline batteries, as most of them simply can't give enough juice so that might be your trouble right there. For example some Panasonics only work with rechargeable nimh or Panasonic's brand of supercharged alcalines.

Hmmm, wouldn't that tend to affirm that Sarkozy is just posturing, no ? Since he's obviously not preaching for a more integrated NATO... And there are obvious difference of positions : you have many nations that could be seen reneging on the spirit if not the letter of NATO's original raison d'être, which hasn't been properly redefined since the end of the Warsaw Pact, while Canada, without the means to do so (logistics anyone ? ), really, takes on a leadership role in AFG. Not sure AFG should be heralded as a model of NATO cooperation, alas. A lot of the details of the RoE in AFG stem from political pressuring back in the originating countries, and the EU parliament for those concerned. NATO doesn't look like an alliance anymore I guess, unless bickering and too much political interference is what an alliance is. I don't see France helping to solve that by their recent announcements : catering to all your "friends" rarely makes for strong leadership even if it might make nice press copy.

More typical doublespeak from the French president (see his stance on Quebec and Canada for more example of this) He insisting on retaining control of its own forces and control of its nuclear deterrent, are the reasons why De Gaulle left the alliance in the first place. By saying this, he's leaving himself all the wiggle room he needs. What this means, he's that France might be a bit less antipathic in its reactions to US foreign policy when she doesn't agree with it. France already has (or had, I'm not current) multiple "eurocorps", the first of which was created with West Germany 20 years or so ago, where French and other EU troops operate under integrated EU (but not NATO) command. What this might mean for NATO and the US in particular, is better accomodating of military overflight in French airspace for strikes against terror enemies, and not a repeat of the Lybia strike tensions. All in all, I see it as typical political posturings from the leaders of my paternal country ( I have French citizenship, I'm allowed and expected to be a vociferous critics of her policies, hehehe) Interesting times ahead...

Duh, missed it, after reading it a couple times before posting. This has been a magical Duh moment brought to you by the letter 3

Is it possible the Americas DB is needed for this scenario ? I started it using the stock DB, and names didn't make sense at all, and many of the platforms were missing photos... So I'm wondering if switching to the Americas DB for that scen would be the solution ? Thanks