RAF SNCO's Rank Badge - WTF?
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RAF SNCO's Rank Badge - WTF?
From the RAF's website, has anyone any idea what is written under the FS's rank badge in the middle? Seems a little too much writing compared to anything seen before. Almost bigger than the rank insignia itself!
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Most likely some combination of "Royal Air Force", "Flight Sgt", "135 EAW" or a NATO rank code etc. In multinational deployed forces you often find rank badges give clues about who you're looking at.
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Yellow Tom, it is rude to stare.
Passed a chap in AFSouth wearing a sandy beret and winged dagger badge. Glanced at him then turned around for a better look but he wasn't there.
Passed a chap in AFSouth wearing a sandy beret and winged dagger badge. Glanced at him then turned around for a better look but he wasn't there.
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In '73 the RAF had just moved to having NCOs wear rank shoulder slides on our shirts and our new pullovers / fancy belt rig. At Bisley Camp, security was provided by armed Ghurkas who had never seen NCOs with shoulder slides before, so they kept saluting us. The problem was, Ghurkas are very tenacious and insist on having their salutes returned - which caused a bit of a stand-off, with RAF corporals and sergeants wandering about, each with a fiercely saluting Ghurka in tow. 
In multinational deployed forces you often find rank badges give clues about who you're looking at.
Planet Basher,
Nice of you to confirm that casual sexism is alive and well.
Nice of you to confirm that casual sexism is alive and well.
REME airtechs wore a winged badge on the shoulder with the letters AT in the middle.
Pal of mine was heard telling some girls it stood for airborne terrorist, he was reminded that it actually stood for " A Tw*t".
Pal of mine was heard telling some girls it stood for airborne terrorist, he was reminded that it actually stood for " A Tw*t".
I think Facebook etc means that particular horse bolted a long time ago. And ID card stowed because it's damned annoying having it flapping around in front of you probably as much any security measure.
