Originally Posted by Ken Scott
Just another jockey: I obviously forgot about the QRA chaps who stayed at work after the rest of the Sqn went to the bar but most of the FJ stations shut at 1700 on weekdays & didn't open at weekends, at least the ones I was at did. The late lamented secret Wiltshire airbase & the Oxfordshire airport are (were) 24/7, at least for the aircrew & those supporting flying. Adminers & other assorted folk still stick to the weekday hours.
I was talking about the Tornado sqns that have been flying combat or operational missions virtually continuously since 1991 and are still doing it today. Any day, all weathers, night, weekends, holidays, whenever they're needed, supporting both the boys & girls in green and those in blue too.
Like I said; never let the truth....