80s Air Exercises @ Binbrook

[david14]

Very good nostalgic stuff - I remember MB from the 80s too, great stuff

[F3]

The two Danish F104s are each carrying a single Sidewinder acquisition round which enable the pilot to lock on to an adversary and on getting the right 'tone' could thereby claim a kill. On one notable occasion on an exercise in RAF Germany a Phantom crew went a stage further and inadvertently pulled the lever releasing a missile and downed a Jaguar, which led to a much publicized court martial!

[pauljos2001]

Many thanks for sharing F3 !!
Was this at the event of an exchange between the Dutch Air Force 311 Squadron based at Volkel AB, flying the F-104G and the Royal Air Force 5 Squadron based at Binbrook flying the Lightning from 21 till 30 March 1980 ?!?

[F3]

Hi pauljos. No - the F104G was taken on Ex Elder Forest '84 and was from 313 Sqn. 'Bonzos'.

[pauljos2001]

Thanks a lot F3!!
And my appoligize for this very late response..........