BRITISH warplanes might not be the world’s best, but adorned with a bevy of lovelies the enemy is duly distracted and more readily strafed.

But no longer will the lone Taliban fighter look to the skies for a sign of womanhood. No more will he blow on his bugle and screech “WOMAN! THE WOMAN, SHE IS UPON US!” as a Harrier jet yaws over the mountain top.

How many of the love-starved enemy have been killed thanks to topless stunnas Nikkala (who has a Tornado jet named after her) and Michelle Marsh?

But now, as the Sun reports, “KILLJOY” RAF mangers have banned their fighter pilots from going equipped with Armani’s lethal weapons of mass distraction daubed on the nosecone.

“Shot down!” screams the Mail. “Now the PC puritans target RAF pilots who paint saucy pin-ups on their warplanes.”

The Mail overlooks Nikkala and spots “Guernsey Girl II”, “Lucky Lou” and “Saucy Sal” painted on the side of RAF aircraft.

The Ministry of Defence says such portrayals are offensive to women in the force. The images are sexist. And in a war zone, with people trying to shoot you in the throat, such a thing is a danger to general wellbeing and moral.

Glamour mo-del Lucy Pinder, who last November signed a painting of herself on a Harrier jet in Kandahar, says it’s “harmless fun”. And: “It’s very flattering and it’s nice that they get to do something that takes their minds off things for while.”

Pinder is right, as ever.

We fear the MoD will rue the day it embarked on such a policy. What chance now the Taliban emerging from their caves to see the “Flying women” in the heavens?

Take her down, Ginger. Take her down…

Posted: 6th, June 2007 | In: Tabloids. Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0