Originally Posted by
BEagle
That retro paint job looks superb!
I remember in 1979 or 1980 when the first 'wraparound' painted Vulcan arrived at Scampton for six-seventeen squadron - it too looked very smart.
In 1982 there was actually a study to investigate whether the Tornado could be used in the South Atlantic War. Although Tornado documentation was rather secret squirrel, when an ODM was finally made available the planners dissolved into fits of giggles when they started some calculations....
Not a strategic asset, but excellent work in GW1.
They got 2 Buccs down there in 1983, so surely the Tornado could have made it?