Originally Posted by
ShyTorque
The worst thing I remember about my first SH tour in Germany was hearing the town siren going off in the early hours (as it often did) and not knowing if it was for real this time, or just another exercise.
I reckon that our Puma squadron would have lasted less than a couple of days had the tanks come rolling through westbound, bearing in mind our role and that the Soviets designed aircraft specifically to knock us out of the sky.
Whaaat? Nobody told me that! I thought it was a rest tour!
CG