These walk-around photos were taken at the RAF Museum London in Hendon in 2019. They show a SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1A, serial XX824, displayed in the markings of No. 14 Squadron at RAF Brüggen — one of the four Jaguar squadrons that formed the backbone of RAF Germany's Cold War strike force. The Jaguar was the result of a joint Anglo-French development programme, designed as a supersonic tactical strike and ground attack aircraft capable of penetrating Warsaw Pact air defences at low level. Armed with two 30mm Aden cannon and capable of carrying nuclear weapons, conventional bombs, rockets and reconnaissance pods, it equipped eight first-line RAF squadrons from 1974 and proved itself an effective and adaptable aircraft across three decades of service.
Delivered to No. 14 Squadron at RAF Brüggen in late 1975, XX824 spent its frontline career in RAF Germany during the tensest years of the Cold War, maintaining nuclear Quick Reaction Alert at 15 minutes' notice. It was upgraded to GR.1A standard in 1983 with improved navigation, electronic countermeasures and Sidewinder missile capability, and also served with No. 17 Squadron before the Jaguar squadrons at Brüggen re-equipped with Tornado GR.1 in 1984-85. After storage at RAF Shawbury and a period as a ground instructional airframe at RAF Halton and Cosford, it was acquired by the RAF Museum and has been on display at Hendon since 2018.