Originally Posted by
sharpend
When I was based at Akroriri the RAF Regiment had armour cars, Bofers guns, Rapier and Bloodhound missiles were there too. That was when there was no threat. Where did it all go wrong?
And at RAF Nicosia [joint civil] 1963 the Rocks were dug in on the perimeter very quickly ......... we had a Vickers MG in our back garden, next door a Bofors. The doctrine of force protection looks very thin these days if the Regiment has no AA assets. RAFG bases bristled with AA back in the day.