During the latter part of the Cold War NATO air forces would regularly undertake squadron exchanges. While France was not part of NATO at the time, its armed forces fully participated in exercises, including the NATO Squadron Exchange Programme. One such exchange took place from August 31 to September 9, 1994, between the Tornado F3-equipped 29(F) Sqn based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire and 12F of the Aeronavale (French Fleet Air Arm) with its Vought F-8E(FN) Crusaders based at Landivisiau in Brittany. The purpose of these detachments was to gain an understanding of the capabilities of other member nations in terms of equipment and personnel and to help standardise operating procedures. There was also usually an element of ground crew training in basic cross-servicing of the different aircraft types. No 11 Group RAF had responsibility for exchanges conducted by the units of Strike Command and selected the countries and the squadrons involved each year, though the squadrons were often given some input on the final choice.
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机译：在冷战后期，北约空军将定期进行中队交流。尽管法国当时不是北约的一部分，但其武装部队充分参加了演习，包括北约中队交流计划。 1994年8月31日至9月9日进行了一次这样的交换，位于林肯郡皇家空军康宁斯比的配备了F3旋风29（F）的Sqn和带有Fought F-8E（FN）的Aeronavale（French Fleet Air Arm）的12F ）位于布列塔尼Landivisiau的十字军。这些部门的目的是要了解其他成员国在设备和人员方面的能力，并帮助标准化操作程序。通常还需要对地面人员进行培训，以培训不同类型飞机的基本交叉服务。没有11个集团的皇家空军负责由打击司令部的部队进行交流，并选择了每年涉及的国家和中队，尽管中队通常在最终选择上得到一些投入。
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