GreenKnight121
Senior Airman
- 655
- Mar 16, 2014
He also said that during his tour at SAGE they were a PITA to work on GCI, as they were severely range limited and had a very short range radar set. Pretty much a base defense interceptor. You had to wait their scramble until bogies were definitely targeted on their area, then "Buster!" them to altitude to make the intercept, burning up most of their fuel and requiring a PDQ RTB.
The mission profile sounds like that of the RAF's English Electric Lightning!