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Bored now.
That was your experience.
The jets and personnel would also (ie Macrahanish) deploy "properly" to the field, not 9 - 5 and guess what, had no issues operating from tents etc. They also flew from the traditional tin strips at N Luffenham as it was practice for both the Royal Engineers in putting the stuff down and aircrew in flying from them.
Kandahar was the most fodded airfield you could operate from in the early days and again, the jet operated without incident.
I'm not sure what you're trying to say with your
do the job for real in a fashion but the '9-5 war' antics didn't inspire too much confidence.
but again, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.