"tw" wrote in message
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"Mike Marron" wrote in message
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(Kirk Stant) wrote:

Just for fun, off the top of your heads, which post-WW2 combat
aircraft (any country) have NOT been used in their intended roles in
an actual shooting war (or police action, or soccer riot, or whatever
it's called these days)?

Gloster Javelin,

Javelins were in a semi-shootin' war with Indonesia I believe.

One story has Javelins being called in for Close Air Support (Javelin was
purely an interceptor). They overflew the Indonesian / insurgent positions
and lit off the afterburners, which always started with a heck of a bang.
The noise itself was sufficient to send the enemy scuttling away.

As was the
Sea Vixen. Both were intecepting aircraft but not shooting them down
(although I believe the Javelins managed to get an Indonesian C130 to fly
into the ground)

Avro Vulcan,

Falkland Islands not ring a bell?

Handley Page Victor

Dropped bombs in Indonesia conflict (I think) again. If not there then
Aden
or something like that...

Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer

Used against Angola by South Africa.

Used by RAF as target designators, and once or twice as bombers, during the
First Gulf War.