Originally Posted by
brickhistory
Reading Vulcan 607 presently, the mention of the then ACM being a decorated "WWII Lancaster pilot" caught me off guard. End of WWII, 1945, FI, 1982....nearly 40 years in uniform?
I am asking out of curiousity, not an attempt to insult, how long can one serve in the RAF in each of the different enlisted/officer ranks?
If there's a better website for this kind of information, I'd appreciate a point out. Didn't find it on the RAF site.
Edited to add: Just did a check on a our JCS Chairman, he was commissioned in 1968, nearly 40 years on as well, so sorry, got caught out by that.
LXXIV joined the Royal Air Force 9th September 1947, two days before eighteenth birthday and retired 11th September 1989 aged sixty, after forty two years and two days service. There were quite a few others, mainly Spec aircrew who did similar service. Other people, apart from aircrew did extended service; from memory, there was a Sqn Ldr in MOD, in a very specialised post who continued until he was well into his seventies.
LXXIV (KOS)