Caught the tail end of the Phantom era at Leu and thoroughly enjoyed it. APC with a trip flown by OC43. Sick as a dog I was and compounded it by trying to hide the puke bag in my speed jeans. As a squipper I really should have known better!
Spent many a cold wet night sat on the end of runway waiting to pick up brake chutes. Was never overly impressed by the wags who pointed the chutes at us then released them with a blip of the throttles. Those shackles were bloody lethal!
Good times though. Of the four years I spent on 43 the Phantom months were some of the most memorable (Op granby excepted)