Originally Posted by
BEagle
Blunty, old bean, were you flying the Dhahran BDZ arrival procedure?
Without RWR, how did you know that the Patriot had 'locked on' to you?
I could see it old bean! As for BDZ arrival, don't be silly, 10 Sqn had no idea of that. In fact when we joined the VC10 Force, I was told a VC10 would never go anywhere near a war zone, so no need for respirators or flying suits. Captains wore No 1s. Now I found myself over Dharan at 30,000 feet, on route to the Kuwaiti border, wearing AR5, no Mode 4, etc. Naturally, despite many sorties into 'the secret base', none of us ever got a medal. Anyway, you read my adventures in my book. Annoyingly, one person said I made it all up, including the duck strike
