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Old 27th Nov 2022, 10:35
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I had the good fortune to be a guest at the recent RAF Scampton closure parade, (the 2nd time I've attended a closure parade at Scampton, but I digress...)
The lady officer mentioned above was the reviewing officer. The things that stood out for me during the ceremony was the Lancaster nailing the flypast as the RO arrived at the dais, also, less praiseworthy were, (in no particular order) the ROs address, which appeared to be a straight cut and paste from the station history printed in the programme, the failure of the RO to return the salute from the parade commander prior to the parade marching off, and the parade commander attempting to march off the parade before the colour party were turned into line.

It appears low standards (of whatever flavour) are not the sole preserve of the RAFAT.
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