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Royal Air Farce badges
By JOHN KAY
THE RAF is splashing out £1.5million on new uniform badges — to stop servicemen being confused with RAC breakdown crews.
Three patches bearing a new logo are to be sewn on the pullovers and shirts of 40,000 personnel.
Staff will also be issued with rucksacks carrying the new badge. But the makeover has caused uproar at a time when the service faces cutbacks of 7,500 men to save cash.
Earlier this month, The Sun revealed the RAF was spending £5million on ceremonial uniforms which are virtually the same as the old outfits.
The new badges were ordered after research revealed RAF personnel were being mistaken for ambulance crews and RAC teams.
RAC patrolmen used to wear similar blue uniforms but they were phased out TEN YEARS AGO.
They now wear orange outfits. Ambulancemen have different GREEN uniforms. One pilot said sarcastically: “It is great to know we can find money for these initiatives in a time of cutbacks.”
Maj Gen Ken Perkins, The Sun’s military adviser, added: “There is insufficient cash for essential equipment yet some bureaucrat squanders finance on items which have no effect on fighting efficiency.”
The Ministry of Defence told The Sun: “The general public and the media have begun to confuse soldiers, sailors, and airmen with one another, and with other uniformed professions. This does not have a good effect on morale.”
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004401203,00.html
Also includes a photo to show how difficult it is to tell the difference between the RAC, Ambulance and RAF....