No. V (AC) Sqn move off with No. 50 Sqn for a training exercise over Malta. With the recent arrival of the new Lightning F6 aircraft earlier in the year, this is the first real exercise that the pilots are experiencing with No. 50 acting as target practice in their Vulcans.

Fg Off. James Burkley is one if these pilots. A new member to No. V and freshly out of training, was getting some true field experience out of the country. What he got however... Was not according to plan.

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