I do recall a TACEVAL at Leuchars when, in the run up to a Survival Scramble we had an F4 check in on state as a "war goer". It was in a hangar on jacks, a single engine installed and the crew sitting on boxes. They claimed if needed the gear be be blown down and they'd get off on the one engine - better than the alternative.
The point being all figures are massaged to the absolute limit a squadron, then a wing etc can gat away with....