Originally Posted by
melmothtw
I think some Jaguars were sent to Gibraltar during the Falklands for just this very reason, no?
Nothing of that kind will happen now, because the UK daren't rock the boat for fear Spain will scupper any future trade deal with the EU. Same reason Williamson got his knuckled rapped for saying he's going to sail the QEC to China. It's called 'taking back control', I think.
We were there or not there post Falklands with Jaguars from RAFG to "deter the locals across the other side of the runway by flying the flag and showing a presence, all be it supposedly surreptitiously, we also used to do simulated exocet type attacks on RN ships heading south to get them up to speed. Indeed they opened the border during the period I was there and we had a little flypast, which caused a few ruffles elsewhere
cough cough...
http://www.14sqn-association.org.uk/...Jaguar.html#10