I arrived on 201 Squadron in January 1973. At that time they had had the Nimrod for a couple of years. They were very good days. Hardly a week went by without some sort of contact with the Soviets. Had some excellent trips up into the north Norwegian Sea where all sorts of red hardware on display. The first time I went to the Med we were briefed that there were over 100 warships at sea, both blue and red. It was like stepping stones between ships. It may have been the Cold War but the world was a safer place then. And of course we had the Cod War!! Still no medal for that.
