Originally Posted by
Downwind.Maddl-Land
MFF was also a standard tactic practised in the Falklands in 1982 when RAF Stanley received the F4s. They worked in conjunction with the Lima armed GR3 Harriers; seemed to work from what we could see on the AR-1 and I don't recall Phandet or 1(F) Sqn grumbling about it either.
(or were the 'arriers armed with AIM9Gs at that time????)
Not heard of that in 83 ... AD was all left to Phandet/23 Sqn by then,
AFAIK.
But I still counted them all out and back.