Haha, finally someone noticed the number change. They switched to a different jet on the second day, but all the flying was done by Easty. 😃

Well, those shaky part is recorded with 600mm lens hand held.

Great work anyway mate, glad someone made the effort to film and upload, rather than just criticise.

Gotta use the ew capables now , so yes. Unfortunately. It’s a nice jet.

As much as we liked them, just having them is only a tiny part of the equation. You need people to maintain them, you need parts supply, you need space to keep them and all the resources needed, you need transportation to follow them to where they deploy, you need pilots, you need training, you need infrastructure for testing and maintenance all of which is drying up or outdated. OR you can put the money you would be spending on that towards a more capable and survivable aircraft ie f35. Its sad but even as recently as the last dawn strike the hornets were involved in i remember one coming back early with an issue. Would you want to be a pilot flying into battle in an aircraft you know is old, outgunned and potentially unreliable?