In 1985 I took part in an exercise called
Brave Defender. This was largely an exercise of using non-combat assets (in my case the Bulldog training aircraft) to counter Soviet
spetsnatz infiltrators around military bases in remote areas, leaving combat aircraft for frontline use.
Another implication was that, as the war went on, aircraft like the Bulldog might be the last things flying, especially as they could operate from almost anywhere, with limited engineering support.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Aviation_Bulldog