Very interesting. The targets for the RP attack looked different and also looked like live rounds? Can't confirm Pembrey though unless you saw an 'F' shed? Only other thought was Castlemartin/Pendine? Not an era I have much information on I'm afraid. Hope to change that soon(ish)
No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)
It ought to be Pembrey but maybe it's Brawdy in early 70's.
In the opening the taxiing a/c pass a group of pilots examining an air to air target banner laid on the ground desperately trying to raise their scores by arguing over the number and colour of holes!. As the aircraft take off, you can see what appears to be an 'X' symbol on a cross runway
The aircraft shooting on the banner are Hunter T7 which had only one gun (ADEN 30mm) on the RH side; a fairly tidy installation.
I'm having trouble streaming the video so can't yet comment on the RP shooting other than to say that some 'live' fire footage has been edited into the practice footage!
Until 73 Brawdy was a Naval Air Station. When did Pembrey close? If earlier than 58 I would say its not Pembrey as the Hunter T7 didnt enter service till then.
I think you are correct 92fis; I overlooked the obvious!
Air to Air at Chivenor - when I was there '67/'68 was carried out against banner targets towed by Chivenor based Meteors piloted by Master Pilot and SNCO aircrews. For the Air to Ground sequences, I am sure that it is the post-war Pembrey Range. The video definition is not good enough to see what RPs are being fired but the strike patterns look like 2 inch rockets or 30mm; that's ignoring the 'edited in' footage showing aircraft targets being blown to pieces!. The napalm tank drops would be 100 gallon asbestos phenolic tanks on one of the Salisbury Plain ranges and is probably A&AEE aircraft.
There's a Hinaidi hangar in the opening shot so I think it's probably Chivenor - No.229 OCU. The hills in the background on the take-off shot look about right as well.
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