A large scale, marine based amphibious assault was conducted. Under cover of F117, f15E and a tomcat CAP
Amtrak, LCAC beach landing was achieved and we were able to push forward under protection of MRLS and Patriot systems to clear the objective, upon which we pulled and recovered damaged vehicles, and allowed blackhawk and chinook teams to deliver special forces and provide ground based laser designation and allow destruction of the scud launcher entreched in the city.
I then knocked my beer over taking photos and allowed my wife (general grumpy-kopf) to shout at me and put me on mess duty for the evening. Chicken nuggets for the troops and probably some form of takeaway for the command and control team.
They are still being made, but they are nothing like as detailed, realistic or even fun as the older ones. Its a real shame but to be expected i suppose. Kids don’t play like we used to
I’m guessing I was about 10 years too old for micro-machines when they first came out? I had a lot of Matchbox cars and Corgi die-cast toys. I remember having a die cast Harrier that had a slider on the top of the fuselage that would raise and lower the gear as well as move the nozzles. That may have been by Dinky Toys. It was a long time ago!
That and my Dad’s Meccano sets from when he was a boy… Man that takes me back.
All my old toys & the Meccano are still with my parents and generations of cousins, their kids, family friend’s kids & grandkids, etc are still playing with them today.
i had the aircraft carrier…but obi begged. So he’s got that
