"Air Base" "Base Hangar" and "Air Wings"
IMO - are all awful americanisms dragged in by people watching too many "Yee-haa" movies! (I can just imagine a sweaty Robert Mitchum taking a heavy drag on his cigar stub before bellowing "Seal the Base!" - whatever that meant?)
There were no "Base Hangars" built in the 60's, even at Brize...they were just big hangars.
Yes, the term "Base Maintenance" is used in civvy St. Thats because it comes from the alignment of JAR/EASA reg's with FAR's and dragged an americanism across with them.
Fair dinkum though - It does give it a guete bedeutung!
Last edited by Rigga; 25th Jan 2010 at 19:38.
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