Originally Posted by
WebPilot
The GR3 element for Desert Shield arrived in theatre made up of the best aircraft/crews from the mud world. OC calls the crews together and tells them to come up with a unit name as there is no one squadron and its too big to be a flight. After a while, the crews expecting to be joined by Saudi and Italian GRs came up with "Combined United Nations Tornado Squadron".
The next day they were told to think again...
Can remember a similar one to that. Days of UN in Bosnia. We were the second Lynx squadron in theatre, Croatian United Nations Taxi Service. Still got the t-shirt.
Would either of these units have been commanded by the guy who is now a regional commandant (Gp Capt) in the Air Cadet Organisation? I've heard him tell that story.