New AOC 2 Group
You don't.........
............. need to be on the fringes of the Empire to wonder who's being talked about.
I'm slap bang in the centre of England and haven't a clue who this guy - or perhaps it's the first girl AOC gp cdr - is!!!
By the way, this is the second thread recently where nice things are being said about air officers. Have ppruners gone soft or what???
I'm slap bang in the centre of England and haven't a clue who this guy - or perhaps it's the first girl AOC gp cdr - is!!!
By the way, this is the second thread recently where nice things are being said about air officers. Have ppruners gone soft or what???
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From the RAF web site:
Air Commodore P C Osborn CBE to be promoted Air Vice-Marshal and to be Air Officer Commanding No 2 Group in October 2010, in succession to Air Vice-Marshal S J Hillier CBE DFC.
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one of the two that will be remaining post SDSR 
For the uneducated, its Tac AT, Shiney AT, Comms fleet and filthy, dirty scuffers.
Congrats OB, proves many wrong who say its only the chiselers who get to the top.
For the uneducated, its Tac AT, Shiney AT, Comms fleet and filthy, dirty scuffers.
Congrats OB, proves many wrong who say its only the chiselers who get to the top.
Are we talking about the same person here?
Air Cdre P C Osborn, ex Stn Cdr Marham is about to be AOC 2 Gp.
Air Cdre P N Oborn has just taken over Cmdt RAF Cranditz + IOT.
According to the RAF website.
Air Cdre P C Osborn, ex Stn Cdr Marham is about to be AOC 2 Gp.
Air Cdre P N Oborn has just taken over Cmdt RAF Cranditz + IOT.
According to the RAF website.
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Pilot "Obie" (Paul Oborn) is a New Zealander, Navigator "Osby" (Phil Osborn) is, as far as I remember, English.
Current AOC, Osby, AM Timo Anderson, AM Ian McNicoll plus self and "Foldingings" were together on 17(F) Sqn in the mid eighties.
3P
Current AOC, Osby, AM Timo Anderson, AM Ian McNicoll plus self and "Foldingings" were together on 17(F) Sqn in the mid eighties.
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3Putt,
"Foldingings" denies that fact but I was certainly there!!!!!
By the way, Old-Duffer,
I don't think that PPRuNers are going soft but it does certainly seem that the good guys (and navs too) are on the up!
Never a truer word spoken!
Osby - great bloke couldn't drive a car when he arrived on his first tour on 17 but he was an A1 GR1 Navigator from a very early age!
Foldie
Current AOC, Osby, AM Timo Anderson, AM Ian McNicoll plus self and "Foldingings" were together on 17(F) Sqn in the mid eighties.
By the way, Old-Duffer,
Have ppruners gone soft or what???
does not have a hard act to follow!!!
Osby
- great bloke couldn't drive a car when he arrived on his first tour on 17 but he was an A1 GR1 Navigator from a very early age!Foldie
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At Last! Well Done OB1. Hakkas at Sqn Off Dining Society (SODS) and mooning at the cops on the way back to the squadron. Top Bloke, Top Leader - makes me wish I was back in!
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I think it's clear that the new AOC is not Paul Oborn, OB, from New Zealand, but the ex-Staish of Marham. What sense would there be in putting a Truckie in charge of the Group???!! I'm only surprised the new chap isn't a Harrier mate.
