no, we never use our fast jets for ops
How about:
Gulf War 1
Gulf War 2 / TELIC (fast jets came home last year thanks)
HERRICK from 2004 - 2 years before the Army sent conventional forces
Bosnia
Sierra Leone
Kosovo
Not to mention patrolling Northern and Southern No Fly Zones in Iraq for 12 or so years in order that there was no requirement for any boots on the ground in Saudi to show a presence.
Whether you agree with our involvement etc isn't the point - the Govt sent the RAF and the RAF in the form of fast jets with bombs on, bombs which were regularly dropped in all of those conflicts (except Sierra Leone, where the Harriers used the noise of their jets for shows of force, and very effective, too, says an Army Officer I worked with who was on the ground and grateful).