And Season's Greetings to All from the Southern Antipodes.
I have been an avid follower of this thread since clifffnemo first put finger to keypad. Its personal reflections have fleshed out the many, many stories of military flying that I pored over as a child (and later
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Over the past six years, I have also followed, in parallel with this thread, my youngest son's journey towards becoming a modern day air force pilot.
While the equipment and tactics may have changed over time, there appears to be much commonality between the past and present in attitude and focus.
This Christmas, he is en route to his first operational fighter squadron.
At this time where we reflect on thoughts of Peace and Goodwill, my hope is that his story will not come to be entitled "Gaining an RAAF Pilots Brevet In Time For WW III."