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Old 3rd Aug 2005, 08:08
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tmmorris
 
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In the 'traditional' UAS era, we'd just have finished July's Summer Camp at an operational RAF station. But even that is beyond the reach of the RAF of today; those few operational stations left have insufficient accommodation and the beancounters won't stump up for anything else.
Indeed. And there would also have been a succession of cadet summer camps where ATC/CCF cadets would have a taste of life in the RAF, giving them something to aspire to. Both, of course, still happen, but they are hanging on by a thread - operational stations are too busy to have much time for cadets, though they try like b*gg*ry to fit them in, bless them. This year we spent a happy week in tents at Odiham...

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