vfrpilotpb,
You are referring to Red Flag 1977 in Nevada. It was the first time that the RAF had been invited to participate in this large US multi threat environment exercise in which large packets of mixed aircraft were pitted against pretty realistic and extensive simulated EW, AAA and SAM defences. We sent a Vulcan and Buccaneer detachment. Whilst not disagreeing one jot with BEags it was more the tactics employed that knocked the Americans off their perches. They had precious little exposure to hard aggressive low level flying of the sort that the Buccs in particular specialised in. The famous incident that has passed into urban flying legand is of a TV repeat of an optical tracker. The screen is tracking a very aggressively flown Bucc at VERY low level and the sound track records various voices saying, to all intents and purposes, "Goddam, I'm gonna go outside and watch this!"
The Buccs were pretty spectacular, even the one that flew into the ground the following year after suffering a fatigue crack in it's wing spar went out in rather spectacular style(RIP). The old Vulcoon was good but not quite as good, no way could you avoid the rather big shadow cast by that huge wing.
So it wasn't a competition, but the spams were pretty gob smacked!
Suit