You are very right afurmoth..the careers guys did give me info but there is only so much i can get from them, they are there to sell the RAF afterall hence my contact with you guys on the coal face. I have been in touch with Boscombedown as it is the closest to me but a lovely and very helpful pilot officer has just got back to me with the news that Boscombe is not operational as such it apparently a suppport station for a private company and something to do with testing....My details have been passed to odiham strike command to see if i can get a day there so any of you guys based there who can stretch a leg it would be very helpful. I am due at cranwell in less than a week so the sooner the better. Interested areas are FlOps, Intel and Fighter controller(would be nice to be airborne) so any horror stories about these branches welcome too....thanks in advance.