I didn't arrive in Oman until 1974 when the war was still going. With the arrival of SAM 7s the Strikemaster used by SOAF became vulnerable. Did Barrie not bang out of a Strikie after being hit?
Made quite a few trips down to Salalah during the time that we took over running the airport from the RAF. Flying down on the SOAF 1-11 or Viscount jump seat gave an insight into the approach, overhead at about 10000 ft then rapid descent over the sea to avoid any SAM's, landing on runway 04, often after a 1/2 mile SRA during the monsoon season.
When things started winding down, courtesy of SOAF, my wife and a couple of friends went down to Salalah on a day trip from Seeb. Visited the local version of MASH, Field Surgical Team (FST) who did sterling service during the war. She met the "Gas Man" who used to keep chameleons. Quite a character.
FST was known as a favourite place on base to get a drink, kept in one of the chilled units in the morgue!