Having done a job or two on the dark side...I can honestly say you, Tigs, are talking ripe old tripe! The RN are VERY FS aware, especially for such a seemingly small outfit. The RAF have the lions-share of the assets/resources, and as such also do a very good job. The crew at IFS at the mo are a well motivated and dedicated bunch who have rung the changes to that dreary old mag, Air Clues, into a relavant and up-to-date publication. I don't think that we'll be handing over the 'con' to No2 just yet. From what I gathered last summer at the FS offs Course, all 3 services would COMBINE their FS Orgs and negate the very obvious duplications that currently occur. Obviously each Service does slightly different jobs and so will have 'specialists' in post to ensure that type specific concerns are properly dealt with.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, then we can put this thread and Tigs to bed! <img src="eek.gif" border="0">
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[ 06 February 2002: Message edited by: Big Green Arrow ]</p>