Editing RAF Coltishall (section)

===Cold War===
[[File:English Electric Lightning F1, UK - Air Force AN1858888.jpg|thumb|left|[[English Electric Lightning]] F.1 XM144 of [[No. 74 Squadron RAF|No. 74 (Fighter) Squadron]], the Lightning entered service with the squadron at Coltishall in June 1960.|alt=]] 
In the 1950s, RAF Coltishall was a designated a 'V-bomber dispersal airfield', which [[V bomber]]s tasked with delivery of the British nuclear deterrent; the [[Avro Vulcan]], [[Handley Page Victor]], and [[Vickers Valiant]], could use in the event of their home station being damaged by enemy action.

[[Postwar]], the station was home to a variety of units and aircraft, including [[de Havilland Mosquito]]s, [[Gloster Javelin]]s and, from 1963, the Historic Aircraft Flight (now known as the [[Battle of Britain Memorial Flight]] or BBMF).  RAF Coltishall became home to the RAF's first [[English Electric Lightning]] F.1s when [[No. 74 Squadron RAF|No. 74 (Fighter) Squadron]] began to receive the jet in June 1960, after arriving the year before.  No. 74 (F) Squadron relocated to [[RAF Leuchars]] in [[Scotland]] on 2 March 1964.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rafweb.org/Squadrons/Sqn071-75.htm#74|title=No 74 Squadron|website=Air of Authority – a history of RAF organisation|access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref>  [[No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit RAF|No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit]] (OCU) arrived at the base on 12 April 1964, tasked with training new pilots how to fly the Lightning.  The last Lightnings left Coltishall in September 1974 when [[No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit RAF|No. 266 OCU]] departed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rafweb.org/Organsation/OCUs1.htm#226|title=226 Operational Conversion Unit|website=Air of Authority – a history of RAF organisation|access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref>

The Lightnings were replaced by the [[Anglo-French relations|Anglo-French]] [[SEPECAT Jaguar]] GR.1, with the first Jaguar unit, [[No. 54 Squadron RAF|No. 54 (F) Squadron]], arriving at Coltishall on 8 August 1974.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rafweb.org/Squadrons/Sqn051-55.htm#54|title=No 54 Squadron |website=Air of Authority – a history of RAF organisation|access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref>  They were soon joined by [[No. 6 Squadron RAF|No. 6 Squadron]] who arrived at the base in November 1974, making the station exclusively home to the Jaguar in terms of fixed wing aircraft.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rafweb.org/Squadrons/Sqn006-10.htm#6|title=No 6 Squadron|website=Air of Authority – a history of RAF organisation|access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref>

[[File:Sepecat Jaguar GR1A, UK - Air Force AN1712863.jpg|thumb|Trio of [[No. 6 Squadron RAF|No. 6 Squadron]] [[SEPECAT Jaguar|SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1A]]s at Coltishall in [[Operation Granby|Op GRANBY]] livery, April 1991.|alt=]]
[[No. 41 Squadron RAF|No. 41 (Designate) Squadron]] formed at RAF Coltishall on 1 October 1976, and worked up as a Jaguar unit until officially standing up on 1 April 1977, when the No. 41 Squadron operating the [[McDonnell Douglas Phantom in UK service|McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2]] at [[RAF Coningsby]] disbanded the previous day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalcoldwarexhibition.org/research/squadrons/41|title=No.41 Squadron|publisher=[[Royal Air Force Museum]]|website=nationalcoldwarexhibition.org|access-date=4 April 2020}}</ref>

In 1991, elements of all three based Jaguar units; Nos. 6, 41 and 54 Squadrons, along with associated support personnel deployed to [[Muharraq Airfield]], [[Bahrain]], in preparation for [[Operation Granby]] due to [[Saddam Hussein]]'s [[invasion of Kuwait]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/history/BritishForcesinvolvedinOperationGranby.cfm|title=British Forces involved in Operation Granby|publisher=[[Royal Air Force]]|website=RAF.MoD.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052653/https://www.raf.mod.uk/history/BritishForcesinvolvedinOperationGranby.cfm|archive-date=4 March 2016|access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref>

Coltishall played host to several [[United States Air Force]] Coronet deployments during the Cold War:
*Coronet Heron – 12 to 23 June 1978 saw the deployment of 12 [[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II|McDonnell Douglas RF-4C Phantom II]]s from the [[62nd Expeditionary Attack Squadron|62nd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sharpshooter-maj.com/html/deploy78.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040818184927/http://www.sharpshooter-maj.com/html/deploy78.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=18 August 2004|title=Deployments – 1978|publisher=Sharpshooter – Military Aviation Journal|access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref>
*Coronet Joust – 23 June to 7 July 1983 saw the deployment of 12 RF-4C Phantom IIs from the [[106th Air Refueling Squadron|106th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron]] ([[Alabama Air National Guard]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sharpshooter-maj.com/html/deploy83.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040818184514/http://www.sharpshooter-maj.com/html/deploy83.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=18 August 2004|title=Deployments – 1983|publisher=Sharpshooter – Military Aviation Journal|access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref>
*Coronet Mobile – 13 to 26 September 1986 saw the deployment of 11 RF-4C Phantom IIs from the 106th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (Alabama Air National Guard).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sharpshooter-maj.com/html/deploy86.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040818184717/http://www.sharpshooter-maj.com/html/deploy86.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=18 August 2004|title=Deployments – 1986|publisher=Sharpshooter – Military Aviation Journal|access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref>