A few years back,
All the old GR3 Harriers had to have there hot nozzles removed and sent to front line squadrons for use on in service GR7/9's.This doesn't sound too bad until you find out the GR3's had been out of service for 10 years by this time and most were on gate guard or in museams around the country.
My squadron had a GR3 gate guard that had not been serviced for 12 years the nozzles were, lets just say in not good nick.
I know the guy that took them off ,bit of a tool,
but thats another story.
He said they had to remove them all as the RAF had run out and the yanks had bought all the stock of special alloys needed to make new ones and we cant have any.
sounds about right to me
who said the Air farse is in trouble then ,not me!!!
