I had exactly the same experience as Tezzer. Senior NCO (CWO) on our Air Cadet overseas camp in 1975; Based at Hal Far...duty NCO on first night, while everyone else went to Valetta.... was told my reward was to go flying the following morning, after the obligatory haircut. However, my Nimrod flight was always "tomorrow", due to a vessel of interest in the Med. My next flight was the 1-11 back to Gatwick.