Farewell 617 Sqn (for now...)
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How I remember things:
2, 9, 12, 14, 15, 15(R), 16, 17, 20, 27, 31, 45(R)
and then to this:
How sad
No disrespect to the ADV boys and girls but I was always a GR1/GR4 man.
Being a 14, 27 and 31 boy I never had a lot of time for 6 foot but what an excellent video
2, 9, 12, 14, 15, 15(R), 16, 17, 20, 27, 31, 45(R)
and then to this:
'The RAF's five remaining frontline GR.4 squadrons (2, 9, 12, 31, and 617 Sqns) will be trimmed to three by mid-2014 with the disbandment of 12 and 617 Sqns.'
No disrespect to the ADV boys and girls but I was always a GR1/GR4 man.
Being a 14, 27 and 31 boy I never had a lot of time for 6 foot but what an excellent video
That is some pic on the wall, at the beginning of the vid.
How I remember things:
2, 9, 12, 14, 15, 15(R), 16, 17, 20, 27, 31, 45(R)
2, 9, 12, 14, 15, 15(R), 16, 17, 20, 27, 31, 45(R)
2, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 27, 31, 617, 45(R) & TTTE.
At the same time we seemed to have some Buccs, Jags and Harriers playing with the mud too. What have we become...
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It did get a bit musical-numberplates for a while but when I started:
2, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 27, 31, 617, 45(R) & TTTE.
2, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 27, 31, 617, 45(R) & TTTE.
Thank you for the reminder "Just This Once...." and I remember Bucs, Jags, Lightnings, Phantoms, Vulcans, Victors, etc etc
PS I also served on 27 Sqn Tonka's and 27 Sqn Chinooks......
Ah but you did well to include the morphing of 27 Sqn into 12 Sqn.
As for TTTE, I could not believe they were paying me to have such fun. Easy flying, easy beer, easy life; I could have stayed there forever.
As for TTTE, I could not believe they were paying me to have such fun. Easy flying, easy beer, easy life; I could have stayed there forever.
7 per Lancaster, 5 per Vulcan, 2 per Tornado and 1 per JSF...
...after the PM's signature with the French today for FCAS in 2030 and following this sequence can you guess what's coming next?
LJ
...after the PM's signature with the French today for FCAS in 2030 and following this sequence can you guess what's coming next?
LJ
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Good PR for the RAF
Good bit of publicity for the RAF (at the end of a relatively difficult week in the papers). 617 are out of it but not fully out.
Nobody who watches telly knows what a Lightning is btw - need more publicity about this, RAF people?
As for the modern Tornado squadrons including 617 I had and have mixed memories - very well remember listening to the shambolic arrogance of the aircrew taxiing out at Yeovilton in 91 and also witnessing first hand the drunken bumbling groundcrew in Deci. in 1994, but also remember seeing first hand the pretty high end ability of the units in later years, overhead in Arabia and closer to home.
Like all British military units - don't big yourselves up too much, you are simply mortal men.
Nobody who watches telly knows what a Lightning is btw - need more publicity about this, RAF people?
As for the modern Tornado squadrons including 617 I had and have mixed memories - very well remember listening to the shambolic arrogance of the aircrew taxiing out at Yeovilton in 91 and also witnessing first hand the drunken bumbling groundcrew in Deci. in 1994, but also remember seeing first hand the pretty high end ability of the units in later years, overhead in Arabia and closer to home.
Like all British military units - don't big yourselves up too much, you are simply mortal men.
7 per Lancaster, 5 per Vulcan, 2 per Tornado and 1 per JSF...
...after
the PM's signature with the French today for FCAS in 2030 and following this
sequence can you guess what's coming next?
LJ
...after
the PM's signature with the French today for FCAS in 2030 and following this
sequence can you guess what's coming next?
LJ
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Originally Posted by Leon
...after the PM's signature with the French today for FCAS in 2030
The Swan Inn at Swinbrook in Oxfordshire ... A Mr & Mrs Coff stay/eat recommendation
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