<p>Brüggen, 11 August 1982.
</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Bruggen" class="extiw" title="en:RAF Bruggen">RAF Brüggen</a> (West Germany) breathed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War" class="extiw" title="en:Cold War">Cold War</a>.  On a normal day, all four <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEPECAT_Jaguar" class="extiw" title="en:SEPECAT Jaguar">SEPECAT Jaguar GR1</a> squadrons of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Germany" class="extiw" title="en:Royal Air Force Germany">Royal Air Force Germany</a> at RAF Brüggen were active, flying all day, multiple missions.  A spotter could write down 30 different serial numbers.  Add miles of barbed wire, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Police" class="extiw" title="en:RAF Police">RAF police</a> on patrol, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodhound_missile" class="extiw" title="en:Bloodhound missile">Bloodhound missiles</a>, and you have a real war base.
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Less than two months after I took the photo, RAF Jaguar GR1 XX768 of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._17_Squadron_RAF" class="extiw" title="en:No. 17 Squadron RAF">17 Squadron</a> crashed.  It went down with an engine fire on approach on 29 September 1982.  The pilot ejected safely.
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