Galway Air Show This Weekend

galway | anti-war / imperialism | press release

Wednesday July 02, 2003 05:37

by Catholic Worker - Ireland

Red Arrows Direct Link to Opressing the Poor

Angels of Death Over Galway

The British Red Arrows will be performing at the Galway Air Show this weekend. The Red Arrows fly British Aerospace Hawks. The corporation, warplane and the pilots have direct links to death and terror in Iraq, Aceh, East Timor & West Papua.

The Hawk is being presently being used by the Indonesian military today in Aceh. It has been used extensively over East Timor & West Papua. The Hawk is designed to fly low and attack lightly defended or undefended targets.Indonesian pilots are trained to fly the Hawk at RAF Valley in Wales.

Some of these pilots have probably trained Indonesian pilots in flying, tactics & weapon while they were stationed as flight instructors at RAF Valley in Wales. For example....

*Squadron Leader Carl "Spike" Jepson, "deployed to Saudi Arabia trained pilots and later flew Harriers on operations over the Balkans".
*Flight Lieutenant John Green "flew many missions over northern Iraq".
*Flight Lieutenant Jez Griggs "flew missions over northern & southern Iraq.
*Flight Dunc Mason trained pilots at RAF Valley.
**Squadron Leader Myles "many operational sorties overIraq from land bases and British war ships"

For more info go their web site
http:/www.salthillairshow.com

To oppose this liturgy of death go to the show and state your diasapproval in a nonviolent direct manner

BELOW IS EXCERPTS FROM THEIR WEBSITE..........

Welcome to the third Salthill Air Show 2003 email update.

***Please note, the start time for the Salthill Air Show has been changed to 3.30pm***

The Irish Air Corps have confirmed the attendance of the SIAI Marchetti SF260WE Warrior at the air show. Pictures of the Luftwaffe Display
Tornado "Blue Lightning" have been added to the website.

For more information on the Marchetti, Blue Lightning and the other displays at this year's air show please visit our website:

http://www.salthillairshow.com

The total confirmed display list is now as follows:

In the air:

Royal Air Force Red Arrows Aerobatic Display Team
Royal Netherlands Air Force Display PC-7
Luftwaffe Panavia Tornado IDS
RAF Shorts Tucano T.1
RAF BAe Nimrod MR.2
Irish Air Corps SIAI Marchetti SF260WE Warrior
Irish Air Corps Aerospatiale SA316B Alouette III
Irish Air Corps CASA CN235-100MP Persuader
Irish Air Corps Sikorsky S61N
Jimmy Griffin's Yakolev Yak 52
Garda Air Support Unit Eurocopter EC135
Coastguard Sikorsky S-61N
Aer Arann ATR72
Aer Arann Britten Norman Islander
Army Parachute Display Team "The Black Knights"

At sea:

Irish Naval Service L.E. Ciara

That's it for now, we hope to have more updates shortly.

Regards,

Frank & The Salthill Air Show Team

http://www.salthillairshow.com