Pontius, the lecture was about RAF AD in 1978. He also stated that we would have run-out of AAMs by Day 3...
Which of course was the day in every exercise when the nukes started to fly and we hunkered down into shelter posture. Nothing was was supposed to last longer than 3 days - which is why all the messes shut and all the staff went in guard duty.
The shock when OOA Ops started up and we actual had to plan to supported life for more than 3 days was a major shock - which is why it took a MOB of 3 squadrons to support one deployed squadron on Ops - plus many others gutted to provide drivers, cooks, suppliers etc.