RAFG NATO rules allowed anyone - Air Defenders, MudMovers, Recce pilots - to bounce ANY other jet you met in flight and have a good old punch-up without any prior arrangement or briefing.
The Sunday night film show overseas was in the open air with 16mm projectors. (Overseas means a hot climate, not RAFG)
Refusing to fly with a hangover was the action of a deadbeat and a no-hoper.
Write-ups on student pilots were Staff Eyes only, and you wrote the truth.
Pilots joined the Air Force for a Flying Career, not just an interlude before Airline flying.