The hilarious cock-ups made by exercise planners often caused some priceless moments. We once had the usual post-Air Raid Red session in NBC kit, then were a bit surprised to be scrambled before the 'All Clear'. So we bowled down to the jets in our NBC kit; the captain was the first to the plod on cordon duty - and had to show his F1250. Not much point when you're head-to-toe in charcoal and rubber and trying to communicate through an S6 gassie! Mind you, the other trick to wind up plod was to show your 1250 not to the acting corporal but instead to War Hound Fang, one of those playful furry alligators which used to take plod for walkies around the dispersal!
PN - I wasn't having a go at you per se. But I'm totally astonished that anyone could have been permitted to disclose details of our strike role activities publically - particularly disclosure of routes, weapon yields etc. Who on earth ever sanctioned that??