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Old 27th Jan 2015, 10:58
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Dougie M
 
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Unhappy Tactical Training Flight

After being involved with the Tactical side of Lyneham for all my time there, and having had two tours on the instructional and examination unit, there have been many three or four letter abbreviations (TLAs and FLAs) for the best kept secret on the station. As a squadron the STS headquarters encompassed one of the best party facilities on the base and was far enough away from the OCU to be semi autonomous. All tragically brought to an end when it was dragged screaming and protesting across the airfield to "Jurassic" by an antipodean boss bent on getting the OCU under one roof. This was not to last. All OCU squadrons became flights and the saddest thing was eventually to be Ops O on the much reduced TTF - which in earlier times was the TLA for the tanker training flight - in the old 24/30 building because those squadrons had taken over Jurassic with the "mighty J model".
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