Well the Puma has certainly given excellent service to the RAF!
Back in 1976 I was serving at RAF Brawdy and we did a commemorative event for the Hunter's 25th anniversary, with 4 of us in F6As joining up with a T7 which had Neville Duke on board. But it was deemed 'not a good thing' to celebrate in the meeja, according to MoD
PR, because 'flying aircraft that old puts the RAF in a bad light'.....
Yet now the RAF celebrates 50th anniversaries. How times change!!