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Do the RAF's 7/8-figure-priced planes really get lost?
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D&D don't just deal with aircraft being lost. When I was visiting D&D there was a real emergency whilst we were there. A Tornado in the York AIAA had taken a birdstrike and the pilot was concerned whether damage had been sustained. A Hawk in the vicinity was vectored to the Tornado to visually inspect it. The Tornado pilot elected to recover to Leeming since it was closest and the D&D provided navigational assistance and coordinated with the Leeming Approach controller for priority and crash support. The aircraft landed safely with no landing damage.