RAF cuts back in Gib
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MoD News - RAF Cutbacks On The Rock
I'm slightly surprised that we had 50 stationed there, given that it has no aircraft1 Nice posting though.
MoD News - RAF Cutbacks On The Rock
I'm slightly surprised that we had 50 stationed there, given that it has no aircraft1 Nice posting though.
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"Submarine Parachute Assistance Group"
From the news article....
I didnt know submarines had parachutes!
Sounds like a spoof team to me, like the underwater basket weaving support group.
I didnt know submarines had parachutes!
Sounds like a spoof team to me, like the underwater basket weaving support group.
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"Submarine Parachute Assistance Group"
SPAG - Submarine Parachute Assistance Group
Rumour has it that the SPAG puts a set of parachute wings in a bottle every time one of its members jumps and takes one out every time a 'proper para' jumps. It is now looking to find an inexhaustible supply of demi-johns.
Rumour has it that the SPAG puts a set of parachute wings in a bottle every time one of its members jumps and takes one out every time a 'proper para' jumps. It is now looking to find an inexhaustible supply of demi-johns.
When was the last time there was any major RAF presence on the Rock in terms of aircraft movements? I've been to Gib a couple of times and its always felt a bit like a sleepy hollow.
Ultimately I'd imagine there is sufficient transit space that people can be accommodated for austere dets, but do you really need nearly 50 people hanging about for I'm guessing one or two movements per week?
Ultimately I'd imagine there is sufficient transit space that people can be accommodated for austere dets, but do you really need nearly 50 people hanging about for I'm guessing one or two movements per week?
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When was the last time there was any major RAF presence on the Rock in terms of aircraft movements? I've been to Gib a couple of times and its always felt a bit like a sleepy hollow.
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Wonder who will be cooking their lunch then.
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Blimey, couldn't you get them any closer... 
Did a detachment there with Jags during the border opening, there was a bunch of Navy Hunters there too
Did a detachment there with Jags during the border opening, there was a bunch of Navy Hunters there too
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
Nimrods use Gibraltar every year for exerciss and even Boltholes.
What, we don't have any Nimrods?
What, we don't have any Nimrods?
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When we were there, one Nimrod in 84 had left a set of skid marks down the runway that would of done an incontinent OAP proud.
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i assume you are talking in the past tense.
In the 70/80`s i seemed to get stuck down there every month, almost as often as going up to Kef. At least the beer was better and the rates were good if in the Caleta Palace.
i assume you are talking in the past tense.
In the 70/80`s i seemed to get stuck down there every month, almost as often as going up to Kef. At least the beer was better and the rates were good if in the Caleta Palace.
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Delete reread it and the light text at the bottom 
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Back in the early 60s, the navex from Thorney to Gib was the final part of the course. The Varsities, without dip clearance would take the sea route and bets would be made at the sharp end on whether landfall would be Europe or Africa. Leave UK Friday night and depart Gib Monday morning. It seems a long time ago...