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    You could have had XIII, 14, XV, 16 and 17 sqns all flying Tornados back in the early 1990s. The time window for 14, XV, 16 and 17 would have been even bigger, with all of them being part of RAF Germany as well.

    Even more so, if you’d manage to throw a Chinook into the mix, you could have one of those from 18sqn, a Phantom from 19sqn, and yet another Tornado from the 20th. All RAFG.

    Bring in some UK-based units, and you could add 8, IX, 10, 11 and 12 sqns too… but that probably is a bit unrealistic 🙂

    Being at Laarbruch on 16 from 83 to 87 we had XV and 20 all together so that would have been easy but the bruggen squadrons weren’t so easy.
    The Argosy squadron at Akrotiri was 70 which changed to Hercs during my time there but at the beginning of my tour we still had the VIP Hastings, ( WD 500 if I remember correctly),on the M.U. before it went for a fire hulk and the VIP Argosy ( I think ** 444), for some reason they didnt consider trying to do a VIP Herc! WE did do a VIP herc during the Rhodesian Commonwealth Monitoring period for Lord Soames after the Andover provided couldn’t manage the altitude and temperature but the cutlery kept vibrating off the Beverley tables that were used.

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