Originally Posted by Amorak
All this week the harriers have been returning from Afganistan
Um; your friend is misinformed - at least in part.
The Joint Force Harrier deployment to Afghanistan
ended in June 2009. The RAF fast jet commitment there is now Tornado.
Don't know about 17 December date, but if that
is the last day, then of course it will be the 107th anniversary of powered flight.