wokkam8 - Perfectly put. If only more people in the wider Airforce/MOD realised how much Rotary mates actually put themselves and their crews lives on the line on a daily basis maybe there would be a little more appreciation from the 'FJ Mafia'. But still at least they are defending us from a Russian invasion right? Thank god for that.
Like Wokkam said - how many DFC's have been awarded to the FJ force of late??? They are going to become standard issue at Odiham at this rate.
And frankly statements like 'When will you lot learn that RW are for the Army and fixed wing for the RAF' and ' an airforce that can drop troops into trouble but do little or nothing but watch them die from the edge of threat envelope' clearly show that you have no appreciation for how times have changed and what is actually happening in Afghanistan. The amount of lives that have been saved by Apache crews and Chinook IRT shouts IN THE THREAT ENVELOPE (where we spend most our time!) is a testament to that.