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Songs about military aircraft? 07:58 - Sep 25 with 2713 viewsNthQldITFC

In 1982, British trio Imagination offered reassurance that the plane overhead wasn't a Russian bomber, just an Ilyushin Il-62 airliner.




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Songs about military aircraft? on 12:08 - Sep 25 with 760 viewswischip

Songs about military aircraft? on 11:42 - Sep 25 by ArnoldMoorhen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polikarpov_I-16

The Polikarpov I-16 had two nicknames, "The Rat" and "The Fly".

Which makes this the U2 double pointer:



This a repetitive double pointer:



And gives me an excuse to post one of my favourite songs (and videos) of all time:



Ah, well in that case , I give you



Oh and

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Songs about military aircraft? on 12:09 - Sep 25 with 760 viewsNthQldITFC


[Post edited 25 Sep 12:13]

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Songs about military aircraft? on 12:17 - Sep 25 with 730 viewsnoggin


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Songs about military aircraft? on 12:22 - Sep 25 with 725 viewsGodzilla

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Songs about military aircraft? on 12:51 - Sep 25 with 682 viewsSnedders

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Songs about military aircraft? on 12:59 - Sep 25 with 667 viewsMrBeckinsale

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Songs about military aircraft? on 13:03 - Sep 25 with 656 viewsArnoldMoorhen

I want triple bonus points for the most niche musical interjection, and the most "ridiculous to the sublime" musical segue...

First let's start with the family of helicopters:



One of the variants, the primary ground attack helicopter, is the Cobra:

https://youtube.com/shorts/fgcJugS2MIk?si=BTpxiuL1nx2x-V2A

(Sorry, you have to click YouTube Shorts links)

The nickname for the more general workhorse was the Huey:



(I could have gone Huey Lewis and the News, but Huey from FLC is cooler)

Whilst in the Vietnam War the Cobra was Bell ground attack helicopter, and so more likely to carry out a raid like this, the most iconic music and scene featuring Bell helicopters actually features standard Hueys, not the Cobra variant, because that's what the Phillipine Army had available for Coppola to hire:

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Songs about military aircraft? on 13:08 - Sep 25 with 641 viewsNthQldITFC

Songs about military aircraft? on 13:03 - Sep 25 by ArnoldMoorhen

I want triple bonus points for the most niche musical interjection, and the most "ridiculous to the sublime" musical segue...

First let's start with the family of helicopters:



One of the variants, the primary ground attack helicopter, is the Cobra:

https://youtube.com/shorts/fgcJugS2MIk?si=BTpxiuL1nx2x-V2A

(Sorry, you have to click YouTube Shorts links)

The nickname for the more general workhorse was the Huey:



(I could have gone Huey Lewis and the News, but Huey from FLC is cooler)

Whilst in the Vietnam War the Cobra was Bell ground attack helicopter, and so more likely to carry out a raid like this, the most iconic music and scene featuring Bell helicopters actually features standard Hueys, not the Cobra variant, because that's what the Phillipine Army had available for Coppola to hire:

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I loved FLC. Saw them at Brixton in 98/99 and they showered us with doobies. What happened after that, I have no idea.

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Songs about military aircraft? on 13:09 - Sep 25 with 638 viewsMrBeckinsale





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Songs about military aircraft? on 13:18 - Sep 25 with 613 viewsArnoldMoorhen

Songs about military aircraft? on 13:08 - Sep 25 by NthQldITFC

I loved FLC. Saw them at Brixton in 98/99 and they showered us with doobies. What happened after that, I have no idea.


If you mean what happened that night, I guess you are hoping that no CCTV footage still exists!

But for those who don't know, Huey has been a 6 Music DJ on and off for years:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ds8lp
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Songs about military aircraft? on 13:18 - Sep 25 with 612 viewsDJR

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Songs about military aircraft? on 13:21 - Sep 25 with 606 viewsDJR

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this.



And if we are talking bands, how about?

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Songs about military aircraft? on 13:34 - Sep 25 with 593 viewsDJR

These days not all military aircraft need a pilot.

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Songs about military aircraft? on 13:42 - Sep 25 with 572 viewsblueasfook

Songs about military aircraft? on 13:34 - Sep 25 by DJR

These days not all military aircraft need a pilot.

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Songs about military aircraft? by blueasfook 25 Sep 9:32
https://youtu.be/-vMBp6iUJzk?si=0cl-IVUzKpQ8coBu


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Songs about military aircraft? on 13:45 - Sep 25 with 561 viewsMrBeckinsale

Songs about military aircraft? on 13:21 - Sep 25 by DJR

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this.



And if we are talking bands, how about?



I'm surprised you didn't spot it - Enola Gay was the 7th reply on the first page.
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Songs about military aircraft? on 13:53 - Sep 25 with 540 viewsWhos_blue

Songs about military aircraft? on 13:09 - Sep 25 by MrBeckinsale








Distortion becomes somehow pure in its wildness.

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Songs about military aircraft? on 14:00 - Sep 25 with 531 viewsWhos_blue


Distortion becomes somehow pure in its wildness.

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Songs about military aircraft? on 14:02 - Sep 25 with 529 viewsWhos_blue

Love this daft little clip of The Who.


Distortion becomes somehow pure in its wildness.

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Songs about military aircraft? on 14:24 - Sep 25 with 496 viewsMrBeckinsale

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Songs about military aircraft? on 15:03 - Sep 25 with 465 viewsWeWereZombies


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Songs about military aircraft? on 15:24 - Sep 25 with 447 viewsDJR

I had to check very carefully that this hadn't been posted before.

All together

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Songs about military aircraft? on 16:32 - Sep 25 with 414 viewssoupytwist

The subject of the song may not be a military aeroplane specifically but many are Big Birds

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Songs about military aircraft? on 16:48 - Sep 25 with 395 viewsArnoldMoorhen

Songs about military aircraft? on 11:58 - Sep 25 by DJR

A person engaged in aerial missions behind enemy lines, and a member of, say, the Special Air Service, is known as a



I don't want to pss on your chips, but Commandos, in the UK Armed Forces, are members of the Navy, and are members of the Royal Marines Assault Brigades.

A Marine Commando who goes into Special Forces would usually join the Special Boat Squadron, not the Special Air Squadron, although it is possible to transfer across the Services, as Ant Middleton did.

Fck me, I'm being a nerd today!
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Songs about military aircraft? on 17:03 - Sep 25 with 378 viewsDJR

Songs about military aircraft? on 16:48 - Sep 25 by ArnoldMoorhen

I don't want to pss on your chips, but Commandos, in the UK Armed Forces, are members of the Navy, and are members of the Royal Marines Assault Brigades.

A Marine Commando who goes into Special Forces would usually join the Special Boat Squadron, not the Special Air Squadron, although it is possible to transfer across the Services, as Ant Middleton did.

Fck me, I'm being a nerd today!


I suppose I was using the term in its general sense but also relying on this which touches on the role of commandos in WW2.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commandos_(United_Kingdom)

What I hadn't realised was that at the end of the Second World War, all the British Army, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, and some Royal Marines Commandos were disbanded.

The article also states that the modern Royal Marine Commandos, Parachute Regiment, Special Air Service and the Special Boat Service trace their origins to the Commandos.

But there's nothing wrong with being nerdy. I'm much the same myself.
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Songs about military aircraft? on 19:49 - Sep 25 with 284 viewsCafe_Newman

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