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Old 19th Dec 2012, 21:38
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No, they never did. There were cunning plans put forward to MOD about how they could be modified with a Y adapter to carry AIM-9G and go south, but they came to nothing.
They did think about it again about three years later; I was involved in the feasability study which went along the lines of:

Oi, can you bung 'winders on a Lightning?

Nope.

Well, can you at least look into it.

Ok.

(three months later)

Can you bung 'winders on a Lighning?

Nope.

Ok.
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