Oh,
How did I miss this thread for so long?
Looking out of the office window and seeing lines of jets on the pan (before it became the ramp), rather than them being buried in HASs.
Comms Flights moving RAF people around the UK by air.
All sorts of aircraft lobbing into RAF stations just before Christmas to drop off airmen on leave (I remember a Shack Mk2 disgorging a load of scousers at Woodvale in the early 70s).
A myriad of now-closed RAF stations - Acklington, Brawdy, Chivenor..... don't start me!
Airships who hadn't invented the phrase "I can't be seen to be taking a position on this".
Commanders rather than budget holders
Leaders rather than managers
Commands rather than Agencies
Enough, nostalgia is not what it used to be!