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Simpo Two

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88,936 posts

280 months

Friday 7th March
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Super Sonic

9,513 posts

69 months

Friday 7th March
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Habu is a snake, specifically a pit viper.
Although if you were a fan you'd probably know this. I'm just surprised it wasn't mentioned in the article.

Edited by Super Sonic on Saturday 8th March 13:23

Gretchen

19,437 posts

231 months

Saturday 8th March
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Found some photos a few weeks ago from the visits I made to Mildenhall in the 80s. These were my then favourites. That and the armed guards in uniform.

havoc

31,761 posts

250 months

Saturday 8th March
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Already follow.

The original FB page WAS Habubrats, but it got hijacked by someone who thought he could hold it for ransom. FB, unsurprisingly for that organisation, didn't give a st.

Richie Slow

7,531 posts

179 months

Sunday 9th March
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Linda's pages are excellent. Most of her information comes direct from former air crews or ground crews who contribute in her facebook pages. Her father ( Butch Sheffield) was an RSO at the start of the program after being on B58's and I'm still trying to get her to publish the book that he wrote about his time with the SR. From what I've seen so far there are some gems in there!

The original "Habubrats" page was hijacked by a scammer in Thailand who wants $550 to return the rights. His FB name is Cenis Lances but Facebook have no interest in the misuse of their platform. For those that are tech savvy please feel free to contact him and send him a virus.