Aircrew Pretending to Be RAF Regt
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Aircrew Pretending to Be RAF Regt
Here's a first. Aircrew pretending to be RAF Regt on this show in the US - he was never in the regt. I like the bit where he says 'thats how we do it in the regiment'. Embarrassing Walter of the year award??
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I would imagine the other 2 were never rangers either. TV exaggerate, they would not have got on otherwise! You wouldn't believe how many ex pilots and SAS I have met since leaving the RAF
Over 20 years ago I did a course at Hereford. An admin course.
The Course members were the usual collection of failed aircrew, failed air traffickers etc and all went on to serve in the RAF and most now are doing well in the outside world. Imagine my surprise when I encountered a former colleague on Linked In with his resume stating "I started my career as a pilot in the RAF...." And strangely, no mention of his subsequent Admin(Sec) career. Fancy that!
Edited to add: I don't mean the same guy as in the video...
The Course members were the usual collection of failed aircrew, failed air traffickers etc and all went on to serve in the RAF and most now are doing well in the outside world. Imagine my surprise when I encountered a former colleague on Linked In with his resume stating "I started my career as a pilot in the RAF...." And strangely, no mention of his subsequent Admin(Sec) career. Fancy that!
Edited to add: I don't mean the same guy as in the video...
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What's the problem with aircrew pretending to be RAF Regt. In my time on SH, during exercises in the woods, we were often told to get into the trenches during stand to and defend the site.
As a young pilot I thought it was good fun - we were armed with 2 GPMGs per a/c with belts and belts of blank ammo plus we had night vision goggles so any "enemy" pongos trying to sneak up on the site were soon greeted with the mass chatter of at least 10 GPMGs. The armoury also wouldn't take back blank ammo so at endex we had inter flight firefights which would have done Rambo proud
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As a young pilot I thought it was good fun - we were armed with 2 GPMGs per a/c with belts and belts of blank ammo plus we had night vision goggles so any "enemy" pongos trying to sneak up on the site were soon greeted with the mass chatter of at least 10 GPMGs. The armoury also wouldn't take back blank ammo so at endex we had inter flight firefights which would have done Rambo proud
HF
Oh dear Mikey. Not the first time this individual has appeared on proon. What people will do to be famous eh? If that's what he wants so desperately then good luck to him, sure it's no worse than any other fame hungry wannabe
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You wouldn't believe how many ex pilots and SAS I have met since leaving the RAF
I've also met in the past an ex Lightning pilot who described the take off performance as spectacular due to the Spey engines they were fitted with.
Why do people do it?
The armoury also wouldn't take back blank ammo so at endex we had inter flight firefights which would have done Rambo proud
There are probably more Rock Apes who pretend they are pilots. Another Non story
Picture the scene: it was November 1984 and an 18 year old LAC sittingstress was on his first det away, Belize. This finely honed young Gunner who, when wearing his boots, had the profile of a 9 Iron considered himself a bronzed adonis.
R & R with his rapier detachment in a small fishing village called Cancun. The bar was full of ladies from the US of A and the young lothario needed an edge to impress the stunning Red Rum look-a-like from New York that he was engaging in conversation.
FLASH--------I am a Harrier pilot at Airport Camp. Yes it is difficult training and takes years. Only the cream of the crop get chosen. Of course I can demonstrate how to fly it, pass me those beer bottles and prepare to be stunned with my hand/eye/foot coordination.
Panic then set in as his grumpy Gunner Sgt,Cpl and SAC arrive and enquire as to what he is doing.
FLASH MK2--------Ah good to see you blokes. Red Rum please meet my groundcrew. OUCH that hurt.
ENDEX and Red Rum exits stage left for a male who doesn't have the build of a dessert spoon.
Happy days!
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Annual weapons training was the only time this bloke got anywhere near a weapon.
Oh dear, I couldn't get past 1:58! 'The world's elite soldiers' indeed.
I recently saw the legend that is Mikey interviewed on a US News channel and described as a 'Special Forces kind of guy'!
All this stuff is an insult to the guys that do it for real and feel no need whatsoever to talk about it. It's called humility and is sadly lacking in some people whose egos seem to dominate all else.
I recently saw the legend that is Mikey interviewed on a US News channel and described as a 'Special Forces kind of guy'!
All this stuff is an insult to the guys that do it for real and feel no need whatsoever to talk about it. It's called humility and is sadly lacking in some people whose egos seem to dominate all else.
When I was a Rockape we had a chap who still wore his pilot's wings (he'd been a National Service pilot then got a PC as a regiment officer).
On the other hand when I became a nav I wasn't able to carry on wearing my Regiment flashes.
When I ran a shop selling militaria I had an average one a day ex SAS/Para come in to look around and chat. Average waist measurement about 44"
On the other hand when I became a nav I wasn't able to carry on wearing my Regiment flashes.
When I ran a shop selling militaria I had an average one a day ex SAS/Para come in to look around and chat. Average waist measurement about 44"
It's a means to an end, nothing more and it's under the big Entertainment' umbrella, so let's not get too uppity.
Mikey has been forging a TV career in the US since he left and this got him a foot on the rung. Since then he's been a news pundit and doing bloody well at it. He recently spent a few weeks in Syria reporting on that conflict, without a weapon or any of the life-support that we in the military take for granted.
All in all, I wish you every success Mikey.
Mikey has been forging a TV career in the US since he left and this got him a foot on the rung. Since then he's been a news pundit and doing bloody well at it. He recently spent a few weeks in Syria reporting on that conflict, without a weapon or any of the life-support that we in the military take for granted.
All in all, I wish you every success Mikey.
i am still wondering about Rock Apes pretending to be Soldiers, myself!
All very confusing.....Air Force Infantry....elite unit?
We call ours "Security Police" when being polite.
All very confusing.....Air Force Infantry....elite unit?
We call ours "Security Police" when being polite.
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