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Originally supposed as a trainer, the Anglo-French Sepecat jet, equipped with the very latest in weapon-aiming and navigational equipment, eventually became the backbone of the RAF's tactical strike-attack and recce makes for a decade from the mid-1970s. In these minutes, the Jaguar Kids - pilots, engineer, and floor crew - tell of the aircraft's drawbacks and joys, their sadness at loss, and their pleasure at its development into a conveniently deployable and outstandingly able fighter-bomber for the post-Cold War era. Then came the Gulf War, which signaled the start of a hectic sequence of operational escapades and upgrades for the "Boys", and seasoned veterans tell of action over Iraq and in the Balkans. One of the best-loved of RAF types, the Jaguar commanded a brutal loyalty and devotion, which shines through in these accounts of your aeroplanes that will live forever in the ram.
