Equally inglorious at HQ RAFG was the fact that, whilst many were involved with work in support of the deployed force, others had begun to grapple with the planning of a rundown of the Command following the fall of The Wall, 'Options for Change' and the eagerly awaited 'Peace Dividend.'
It was my second tour there, after a break of many years. The run-down was indeed sad, but works and bricks and the many charities and facilities kept the place from getting morbid or too run down. The big nasty change was amalgamating the Mess to let the other services in. Churchill Mess tone definitely went down. An Oktoberfest was marred by disgraceful behaviour. Apart from collecting our duty frees we more or less stopped attending. Glad to leave in 1996..