Reminds me of the British during the Faulklands War.
We had a museum at Offutt AFB. In it was a British Vulcan Jet. It was so old, that it had exposed rivet heads everywhere except on the leading edges of the wing. The British flew in a crew that spent several weeks getting it in ferry condition and then they flew it out. I wonder what happened to it (my guess is that it was for parts rather than combat, but I don’t know).
Somewhere between then and just post-2000 when I went back, the jet was replaced with a newer Vulcan. I know that it is different because the rivet heads are flush almost everywhere in it.
The Vulcan bomber is housed at the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum off of I-80 near Ashland, Nebraska. Nice home for a proud bird. Hope you can visit sometime as well worth the stop.