Like the USAF, the RAF went through hard times in the 70s, and Cobleigh knew all about it as an exchange pilot flying the Jaguar. He observed: “In the mid-1970s, the Royal Air Force experienced ...

This specific Jaguar never saw RAF service and was instead used by the Ministry of Defence and BAe as a development aircraft. It was transferred to Duxford in 2003 where it has remained until now.