Regarding the Accumulated Service Medal. I believe it did not apply to campaigns before Northern Ireland started and hence reference to Aden won't work.
If I'm wrong TankerTrashNav will put me right!!
Quite correct
O-D. The qualification period for the Northern Ireland clasp started on 14 August 1969, and any service before this date (eg in Borneo, South Arabia etc) does not count towards qualification for the ACM.
Journo's Aircraft Recognition. "Plane, Plane, Plane."
And in addition all aircrew are pilots. I remember seeing a picture captioned "Tornado pilots take off from their Norfolk base
en route for the Gulf". I assumed the navs (WSOs) weren't required and had all gone off on a spot of leave