A testament to the sturdiness of the aircraft and care given to it by the mechanics that allowed it to last so long.
I remember a Luftwaffe Mig 29 and an F4 sqn at Deci in '97 wiw there IV(AC). It was always a toss-up who would get to the bar before closing, us or the F4s. They were very much in the work hard, play hard mould.
The others didn't socialise.
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