EVENT INFORMATION
Thursday 01 May 2025
19:00 - 20:00
Studio
Free for members / £5 for public
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.
