Squadron nicknames
A bit of thread creep perhaps, but in the early 70's it was the fashion at Lyneham for squadrons to produce stickers to mark their presence down the route or to zap visiting aircraft.
Unfortunately, the punchy "HIT THE FLOOR.... IT'S 24" offering took on a very different meaning when the letter "S" and the word "ON" were strategically added by passing graffiti artists.
Result, one very p****d off Boss, who if I remember correctly was the same guy whose suggestion that we should all have special ID pictures taken wearing gas masks for use during TACEVAL was not said in jest.
Unfortunately, the punchy "HIT THE FLOOR.... IT'S 24" offering took on a very different meaning when the letter "S" and the word "ON" were strategically added by passing graffiti artists.
Result, one very p****d off Boss, who if I remember correctly was the same guy whose suggestion that we should all have special ID pictures taken wearing gas masks for use during TACEVAL was not said in jest.
Beagle, 35 motto was "One animal against us" if my Latin was correct !!