At a similar time , several BA 707s had been retired , with crews on gardening leave . BA could not be bothered ; so a few 707 Capts, F/Os and C/C 'gurlfriends dry leased the a/c from BA . Got themselves 'uniformed' from M and S , then wet leased the whole caboodle to the RAF .
Don't know if they got to the Falklands , but certainly got to Ascension .
Met a couple of the 'Gurls [ who'd later retreaded to BA ].
They'd never B4 or since been so well treated or attended to on a night stop !
rgds condor.