SAMXXV,
I joined the R.A.F. in 1977, and mourning the loss of the old R.A.F. was common place then. I'm currently reading Tony Doyle's book " Flying at the Edge" and according to him, the old R.A.F. died out in the 1960s. By the way my own late father thought it petered out immediately following 1945.
All relative I suppose.
P.S. Like the way you refer to S.A.C's as something along the lines of livestock.
