Thanks for the the heads up
JS. Guess it has been a bummer of a week for you all.
Like the rest of the posts I am saddened to see the untimely end of this great a/c. I did my tour on six in the mid eighties and had a great time.
Having come off Lightnings it was a revelation to be home by around 23.00hrs off a night shift. Go on detachment with 12 jets, fly 95% plus of our sorties and then bring them all home together. At Deci and many other detachments beat the F4 guys to the bar by hours and not give a damn about the dish of milk placed for our cats. We always knew when the chips were down we would beat the S**t out of them.
Just hope you can somehow keep the number plate alive.
All the best to all air and ground crews.
