WT Thanks for this thread,very enjoyable.I joined the RAF in '78 and wondered whether I'd ever get to any of the places I used to hear about from the older hands;Masirah Changi,Tengah, Gan etc. Well,I flew Victors and VC10 tankers so I did get to Salalah,Paya Lebar and Diego Garcia so that was fairly close.
The link below is to a film which I know all on here will find fascinating,it's on Live leak so won't be as well known perhaps as something on Youtube.It's called True Bearing about the RAF in the far east.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=896_1325197737