Originally Posted by
langleybaston
Best status was being attached to the RAF ....... never called anyone sir below Gp Capt, and that not for ever, all the fun, all the perks, all the privileges, no nasty itchy uniforms except on exercises, not much CS gas, not many bangs, good pay, super pension, great memories, good friends.
And we won the Cold War, much of which we spent in places where the next siren might mean Armageddon.
Enjoy the holiday...
You really have an issue with History. People like myself won the Cold War. Sitting in a Sangar. You never did. Cold War was won by people allowed to ply their living by merit. With protection. Even the Tories understood that. You are a civilian and always will be. I have hot war stories. I was a serviceman. I was an RAF aircraft technician. I made the oath.