Old Viper Tester Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 (edited) RAF Jaguars at Red Flag exercise January 1983... XZ385, 14 sq XZ369, 14 Sq XZ356, 17 Sq XZ370, 17 Sq XZ374, 20 Sq XZ378, 20 Sq XZ394, 20 Sq XX968, 31 Sq Thanks for looking, Sven Edited March 27, 2018 by Old Viper Tester 32 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Lovely pictures, thank you. Nice to see something not so grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLC1966 Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Very nice katz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 The RAF had their own support vehicles at Nellis? Guessing they were air transported along with the ground crews and spares? I think I read somewhere that the Jags were tough opponents, as they were hard to spot due to their size, nimble, and pretty quick down in the weeds. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Viper Tester Posted March 28, 2018 Author Share Posted March 28, 2018 1 hour ago, 72modeler said: I read somewhere that the Jags were tough opponents, as they were hard to spot due to their size, nimble, and pretty quick down in the weeds I mentioned this the first time I posted Jaguars that were at Nellis in 1981, but worth posting again. There was this note in an issue of The Hook, the quarterly journal of the Tailhook Association. Qquote from an unidentified EA-6B Prowler EWO: "My first Red Flag Exercise was memorable for many reasons. As an EA-6B electronic countermeasures officer (ECMO), about two weeks out of the Replacement Air Group (RAG), it was like drinking from a fire hose. Scooting across the range at 200 feet and 500 knots and having a division of Royal Air Force Jaguars go underneath was an eye opener." 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Wish I could find the video of the Buccaneers flying low and the dust flying up, and the Americans trying to get a lock on and a voice pipes up in the background ' I gotta go up and take a look at this' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 A friend of mine was in the Gulf with the Jags “ during the war”. He told me how the American pilots always commented on those crazy brits, tanking down the runway, only lifting off at the last possible moment before the end of the tarmac and skimming the perimeter fence. No one wanted to burst the Americans bubble by telling them the truth, in fact the Jags were so heavy and underpowered, it was all they could do to get airborne. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger331 Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 On 3/28/2018 at 9:51 PM, 72modeler said: The RAF had their own support vehicles at Nellis? Guessing they were air transported along with the ground crews and spares? I think I read somewhere that the Jags were tough opponents, as they were hard to spot due to their size, nimble, and pretty quick down in the weeds. Mike Yep.........Red Flag was a massive undertaking in those days......I deployed the Jaguar Squadrons three times to Nellis between 1983-85. We completed 3 x 3 week rotations for each Squadron....the kit left the UK immediately after Christmas Day and swas finally recovered at the end of March each year - that was in the days when we had a properly resourced Air Transport Force to do the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thud4444 Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 According to some local pilots, not only where they hard to intercept they where very slippery. A much more difficult opponent than the A-6, A-7 or Buccaneer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Gotta love a Jag, gutted we don't have them anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latinbear Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 On 3/28/2018 at 10:13 PM, colin said: Wish I could find the video of the Buccaneers flying low and the dust flying up, and the Americans trying to get a lock on and a voice pipes up in the background ' I gotta go up and take a look at this' I remember seeing that video years ago. Fantastic flying by the crew. Made me also wonder about the stress suffered by the airframe and as we know one aircraft's wing failed with fatal consequences during Red Flag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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