With each posting on Hercs I always thought "Well I hope the next tour will be as good as this one" and it always was, including the trials unit at JATE. With four detachments to the States each year and going places for hot weather and cold weather trials it was great. My Desk Officer was amazed that I wanted to go back to Lyneham after Brize Norton. "We have a posting for you here on a different type " he said. Me, a Spec Aircrew Tac nav said "No ta!
The final "tour" was 6 years on the Auggies with Roy's boys and that was the piece de resistance. I kept all my quals and dropped to Flt Lt. Secondary duties Nil, Station duties Nil, Superior officers the Duke of Edinburgh. All my old mates with centuries of experience. I knew all their war stories and they knew mine so we were comsec. An ideal way to downshift before final retirement. It's a shame that nobody has navs anymore.
