Auxiliary Royal Air Force Advert

[anotheoldgit]

The Auxiliary Royal Air Force recruitment TV AD shows a RAF personnel directing a jet aircraft to destroy an insurgent's planted mine.

The AD says that the mission was carried out successfully with the mine blown up, and it adds 'with no loss of life'.

Since the insurgents can be seen planting this bomb, and then boarding their truck, why were they also not 'taken out'?

Could the announcement 'with no loss of life' be a deliberate piece of 'political correctness'?

[jackthehat]

Yes it could. Or not. Why do you care?

[humbersloop]

Afternoon AOG.

Remember, open mouth: change feet.

[Zacs-Master]

It's cobblers is what it is.

[Sqad]

LOL

Killing the enemy in a theatre of war......never.

[Philtaz]

My brother(ex RAF) and I(ex Army) discussed this very subject recently and came to the same conclusion i.e. the mission was only partially successful.

The Hellfire missile struck 30 seconds too late.

Maybe they could make an ad for after the 9 p.m. watershed?

[Zeuhl]

Quite right phil - it was clearly a 'creative' issue:

how do we show a successful mission without turning it into a Sam Peckinpah movie?

[Philtaz]

Show the missile strike imagery at a lesser magnification so that body and vehicle parts are indistinguishable.
That should suffice.

[Zeuhl]

But parts would be body parts unless it's explicit that the insurgents had left the scene

[Philtaz]

Show the strike but no need to mention whether the insurgents had left or not, let the viewer decide for themselves.

[T&S]

Speaking as someone presently in the RAF and serving in the Middle East (as the Advert says they are), I'm wondering why they are in the wrong uniform!

[T&S]

They'd get a bit warm and uncomfortable wearing blues as opposed to MTP I can tell you!

[jake-the-peg]

But if the forces adverts wen't out after the watershed their target market would be in bed!