Originally Posted by
sycamore
CJ , it was still `Must refurbish Canberras again` time,and the Jag was still on some French notepaper....
Nav.mentioned below was JC of Chivenor fame.....
z2, TRY YOUR OTHER GLASSES...!
A tactical Squadron of 16 Fg/Offs, 3 Flt/lts( 1 Nav+1 QHI) and 1 Sqdn.ldr(Boss)...some on leave/r&r ,and 16 aircraft,even the Eng.O was an F/O....I think I had just been promoted to F/O recently....
`393` was a `gunship as well as it could carry 4x SS11 missiles,+2 Bren guns,+whatever you could carry in the cockpit....
Tornados are Whirlwinds ,but we could swing our wings right around.....
ECAT was on the french notepaper whe we were still waiting for a TSR2 prototype to take off. I do question the remit of using spitfires to fight JSFs that a lot of threads seem to go. I have been out of the military for 11 years so certainly are not in touch with what is the truth.