Bear Hunter - Hoodie Colour:Dark Grey finally retiring in 1979

finally retiring in 1979

So successful was the type it is used by a number of airforces around the world

Bell P-39 Airacobra

the squadron started service life equipped with Sopwith Strutters

Taffy Jones and Sydney Carlin

Bear Hunter - Hoodie Colour:Dark Grey finally retiring in 1979Bear Hunter This hoodie has a striking design that captures the work of RAF Quick Reaction Alert Squadrons during the dark days of the Cold War. Using GCI (Ground Controlled Interception) Phantoms and Lightnings were scrambled to intercept Russian aircraft 'wandering' into UK airspace. The Tupolev Tu 95's or Bear's were often confronted by armed RAF fighters firing passive homing missiles. GCI has since been replaced with Airborne Early Warning and