I spent a lot of time at Spadeadam during the lead up to the war and remember a lot of the work the Tornado force did.
Certainly some memorable flying.
Just interested how useful you found it in preparing for the real mission? A lot of the Smokey Sams and AAA fired during that period- Never thought the Triple AAA fireworks were realistic in the slightest - I wonder if they still use them?
John, Don't know if you can remember that far back but there was a Mallet Blow the week Iraq invaded Kuwait. The 15 Sqn anniversary jet (Red Tail) rocked up every twice a day in a 4 ship and flew more and more eye water passes as the week went on.
Sporty enough to be well remembered thirty years later - I don't know but suspect it would have been the same jet that had a slight kiss with the ground that week that gets a mention in your boss's book.