Low 'n Slow
Jackonicko
A fascinating thread (only wish I could understand all the abbreviations!) Only two points:
Surely we were committed to the F3 (remember MRCA?) in the late '60s - long before Mig 29 was a gleam in Mikoyan's eye. Was not Mig-29 an '80s aircraft?
Was not Dagger at such extreme range over E Falklands that it could hardly accelerate supersonic AND make it home? Anyway, is it not true that, after the first Vulcan raid and "Beetham's Bomb", the Daggers stayed at home to guard Mum?
I heard a story that a Dagger tried to land flame-out back at base, couln't make it, tried to bang out but the seat didn't fire because the cartridges were timex. The Argies blamed the Brits for being unsporting over the supply of cartridges from Martin Baker! (Or something like that)