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Talk

1 May 2025

Hot Jets in the Cold War

Venue The Atkinson
Admission Free for members / £5 pay at the door
Start Time 19:00
End Time 20:00

Discover how the Royal Air Force F4 Phantom squadrons defended British airspace in the 1980s. With Wing Commander Steve Chaskin (retired)

This talk will cover the experience of being a fast jet navigator on F4 Phantom aircraft delivering air policing from the United Kingdom and West Germany.

This will include Quick Reaction Alert operations involving intercepting Soviet aircraft and delivering air policing of the border between East and West Germany. Also covered will be participation in live air to air missile firings, air to air gunnery training and deployment to the USA for Red Flag Exercises.

The presentation will include personal photographs and video.

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