Late 80's and just up the road from Wander00 in a certain almost windowlesss building opposite HQ RAF Support Command it became obvious that a moratorium was brewing. (You know the HQSC that had burned down earlier and a certain Air Officer interviewed then stated that the destruction of the HQ would have " absolutely no impact " on the RAF's capabilty).
Come the day and a large portion of HQ Support Command's construction and improvement projects were canned overnight. To the AOC's displeasure JARIC came through absolutely unscathed and our O.C. was carpeted as to how we had escaped.
It just so happened that I had been acting OC GD for a few months in the run up and so, not being a scribbly, had naturally made my face well known to the Wonders and Blunders team over the road
They" just happened to let it slip" that the moratorium would not be imposed on projects that were already let and running. So I had simply pushed ahead with DoE and got the whole lot started almost simultaneously.
Ah well, JARIC and most of the station is being demolished now anyway........
Last edited by Haraka; 26th Aug 2016 at 18:55.