Indeed it did push up north during Telic, a huge air threat existed during that conflict...
Granby on the other hand...
Sorry guys, the airframe is awful and limits tactics massively; although the crews are/were very good with using JTIDS for superior SA and often out foxed the F15 guys, it rarely did much more than delay the slaughter!
Although I won't be sad to see it go, I do feel for the guys who will be left behind on Q for however long it takes to get the F2 up north; that really is a sh*t sandwich!