Have to hold my hand up to having been a Tanker W****r from 70 to 77 on 214. I always have regretted that the K1 seems to have been overshadowed by the K2. IMO operating the K1 was a much more challenging affair. First of all you needed the earth's curvature to get airborne and then the permutations needed to get all the fighters to where they wanted to go once you were airborne were truly awesome. It was 7 years that I would not have missed. Many very happy memories. Who remembers the whisky tasting night in the Marham mess or the 214 sojourn in Akrotiri one Easter? I also remember taking a number on their final flights "for disposal" - very sad that was.