Originally Posted by
DODGYOLDFART
In the 1950's and early 60's all RAFG Battle flight aircraft flew fully armed. This gave rise to a near blue on blue when I think a 14 or 20 Sqdn. Hunter fired a short burst at his buddy but fortunately missed.
Langleybaston,
You are of course right about Battle Flight QRA, that WAS for real as were every equivalent before and since, but they have never resulted in anything remotely resembling deadly combat.
And I have to agree that the hooter going in 1968 WOULD have created a sense of urgency and alarm, of course. My point that I have struggled to make, and inadvertently set off this chain about alerts etc, concerns the current and recent post 1990 generation of FJ aircrew and the vastly different real world ops scenario that they face that was totally unknown to my generation. That is all.