Show me a serviceman who has never enjoyed a 'perk' of the job and I'll show you an RAF Policeman.
The guy, like his Granny, will probably have to work well into old age, has pretty much no choice in this and, as far as I can see, is entitled to use a Chinook to land in his girlfriends back garden.
What gets me is the bull about 'legitimate training', etc.
If I was him I'd be saying, "right, I'm going to land a Chinook in my girlfriends back garden, OK?
He can buzz my house if he wants as well I don't care.