Meanwhile while everyone was scurrying around trying to buy bog roles yesterday, my eldest lad (stationed at Boulmer) was involved in this (https://www.facebook.com/RAFLossiemouth/?__tn__=kC-R&eid=ARDe2GvzHM4glyTU057lX_zqcCs5vbEIvBW8NuBQGJbCB91tmPCRMeYgEmGZx3u9mxi9Cs-D1ukw89hG&hc_ref=ARQsH7WmB8QTJIeANzceSfXDzxMgxc2fwsQGZ6zpl6PunApbdJm3gQSGsTqXWbofo_k&fref=nf&__xts__%5B0) little sortie! ::)
RAF Rules :)
and it's not just the pilots ...
don't forget ..
the ground crews
the ATC etc
MT
RAFP and dog handlers
safety equipment guys, and girls,
cooks
in fact all the trades that stand ready, 24/7, 365 days of the year, to defend us
RESPECT !
Bang on there my lad has the opposite position to the pilot he has to work underground!
kept in the dark and fed ..... :smiley-laughing:
Quote from: class37025 on March 08, 2020, 06:02:32 PM
kept in the dark and fed ..... :smiley-laughing:
LOL.... Boulmer is a very deep office block! :)
I'm disappointed that the Irish Air Force didn't lend a hand ?
don't think Tiger Moths have the range or speed :smiley-laughing: :dighole:
Yeah but the sight of the Lewis gun above the wings would've sent the ruskies packing
Quote from: class37025 on March 09, 2020, 12:05:05 PM
don't think Tiger Moths have the range or speed :smiley-laughing: :dighole:
I thought they had been just upgraded to Sopwith Camels! :hmmm:
Quote from: class37025 on March 08, 2020, 05:23:57 PM
RAF Rules :)
and it's not just the pilots ...
don't forget ..
the ground crews
the ATC etc
MT
RAFP and dog handlers
safety equipment guys, and girls,
cooks
in fact all the trades that stand ready, 24/7, 365 days of the year, to defend us
RESPECT !
You actually managed to miss out the lads trade, as my wife was a Scopy, aka Aerospace Systems Operator ASOP that would probably be his trade, if they haven't merged it with something else....
Me, I was a fairy, AKA Electronics Technician Air Defence (now merged with other trades) .
The Lad will be working down the R3 undeground, which was out of use being rebuilt when we were there, So the scopies worked from the temporary R30 above ground. Me.. I worked in the R12..
Yes our last station was RAF boulmer, where the accomodation for the WAAFs was still the temporary Seco huts that were falling apart.. or 3 men to a small married quarters in Longhoughton and a long walk to the Mess.
The Cooks are now Sudexo civilians hence the profit making means the food standards have fallen tremendously..
My lad's title is "Air Space Battle Management" he's an NCO
Quote from: Mr Sprue on March 11, 2020, 09:38:27 AM
My lad's title is "Air Space Battle Management" he's an NCO
Job Title or Trade? two different things..
Could do without the Americanisum of Air Space rather than Aerospace, which would be the British term..
I must be getting old complaining about the use of the ENGLISH language.. I left in 88 as an NCO, which would have been 98 or after with a second extension, had I not been medically down graded..
Quote from: The Q on March 11, 2020, 10:12:04 AM
Quote from: Mr Sprue on March 11, 2020, 09:38:27 AM
My lad's title is "Air Space Battle Management" he's an NCO
Job Title or Trade? two different things..
Could do without the Americanisum of Air Space rather than Aerospace, which would be the British term..
I must be getting old complaining about the use of the ENGLISH language.. I left in 88 as an NCO, which would have been 98 or after with a second extension, had I not been medically down graded..
Ah okay I'l do my best then!
Today he works as an Air
and Space Operations Manager, they used to be called Airspace Battle Managers. His particular role is Identification Officer.
Next year he will become a commissioned officer. He has also worked with the Americans over in Washington, did a
TOD sorry I mean Tour of Duty in Afghanistan and has had a 6 month role in the Falklands.
Thanks for the Explanation, I went to the Falklands a couple of times.. as a civilian...
The job I had after the RAF !!! Installing and calibrating Test equipment...