Ah, I see. You were there when it was all running down then, in the days when the whole Cold War thing was all but over. Seems you missed all the ‘tension & action’ or you would have included Geilers. Never mind, maybe you can get to play in the next one. :rolleyes:

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I was at Gutersloh 1988-91. Sure, the soviets weren’t rattling their sabres quite as loudly, but we were still training as if they were (endless tacevals & weeks spent under canvas as the Harriers & helicopters played on the German backroads). And things were a “little tense” as the Warsaw Pact broke up & the soviet political machine went into meltdown.

As I recall, we did manage to fit in a little war & a large slice of RAFG deployed to to where bullets & not threats were being exchanged.

My most enduring memory, however, is the steps we (& our families) were forced to take in order to disguise ourselves as locals (not easy with the german fashions & haircuts of the day) or tourists in order to outwit the IRA cells operating in Germany. Lets not forget that a number of RAF personel were murdered by these scum. The enemy was all around & not just in the east!

Rich