Originally Posted by
Sloppy Link
With four campaign medals, all of which are “earning”, a little odd there is no ACSM11 (720 days) although I’m fully aware RAF tours are shorter but more frequent that Army.
Only the HERRICK one will have been earned on a ‘days in Theatre’ basis; the others will all have been on a ‘qualifying sortie from out of Theatre’ basis which for FJ is typically 3 per week. This effectively halves the number of qualifying days for the ACSM for a given amount of time away from home, which makes it that much rarer among FJ crews. I can think of only 2 who have it, and both had previous RW time! Every day counts when living in Theatre...
MAINJFAD (#12): The Jubilee medal pictured is the Diamond (2012). The absence of a Golden means that Gp Capt Thomas must have joined after 1997 as she hadn’t accumulated the 5 years’ service needed for its award. Swift progress to station command by today’s standards.
Adding to Sloppy Link’s explanation (#13), the SHADER OSM edge colour is officially described as ’
representing the large number of airframes used in the operation’: it was announced at the time as air defence grey.