F-35 decision dooms RAF Leeming
Mine was a genuine question, as I didn't know what the RN has left in the north, although I assumed it wasn't a lot! I'm glad there is still some RN presence there - but it appears to indeed be minimal, and I don't think it invalidates my point that I am sure the RN still obtain many recruits from that part of the world - despite having a small local 'footprint'!!
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Apparently the H and S looneys have put an end to mach campletown because, according to their review it would kill too many people on the roads travelling there. Hence OPEVAL at St Mawgan.
I assume thats why the Americans always fly in. Heaven forbid we should do anything dangerous! Bl00dy h€ll! Why don't you tell my mate killed in a roadside bomb in Basra its more dangerous to drive to the west coast of Scotland.
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I assume thats why the Americans always fly in. Heaven forbid we should do anything dangerous! Bl00dy h€ll! Why don't you tell my mate killed in a roadside bomb in Basra its more dangerous to drive to the west coast of Scotland.
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What does the RN have between Lincoln and Edinburgh? Does that mean they don't recruit anyone from that region - somehow I doubt it!!!
There will also be no RAuxAF in the North once Leeming has gone,
so the RAF will not have the advantage of a TA type force or a
RNR in the North.
The only real bonds the RAF had, were Boulmer and Leeming, there closure will mean very little local news regarding the RAF and a much lower profile for the RAF in the North and there will now be very little chance of any kind of posting in the North of England which might not please some northerners.
The RAF in my opinion is becoming more and more isolated from the very communities it seeks to recruit from, and if kids don't want to join in the future they only have themselves to blame.
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Styron,
I'm totally with you on this. I'm from the north myself and didn't join the RN deliberately as I didn't want to spend my life down in the south. Now 4 years later and look where the RAF's going? Lincolnshire! To be perfectly honest civvy streets beginning to look a lot more favourable. At least with people like NATS you've got the opportunity to escape RAF Lincolnshire - land of the flat. Either that or I hear the RAAF are recruiting!
I'm totally with you on this. I'm from the north myself and didn't join the RN deliberately as I didn't want to spend my life down in the south. Now 4 years later and look where the RAF's going? Lincolnshire! To be perfectly honest civvy streets beginning to look a lot more favourable. At least with people like NATS you've got the opportunity to escape RAF Lincolnshire - land of the flat. Either that or I hear the RAAF are recruiting!
