Originally Posted by
rolling20
As a school boy in the 70s, one would lust after the Phantom, Jaguar, Harrier, Hunter, Buccaneer and dream that one day you might fly the Lightning..
Then there was the Vulcan, Victor and Nimrod, Dominee, Jetstream.
Even the Belfast, Andover, Argosy, Shackleton and Hercules and others.
When on the UAS you had a choice of plenty of squadrons to spend a week on attachment.
Where did it all go wrong?
We won the cold war. Allegedly.