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The RAF Typhoon 100th anniversary display scheme.
Do you think they are using the monies they saved on paint to fund the senior officers piss up at Westminster?
Typhoon fleet picture file 2018.. | Coningsby Aviation Site
Do you think they are using the monies they saved on paint to fund the senior officers piss up at Westminster?
Typhoon fleet picture file 2018.. | Coningsby Aviation Site
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That's what I have seen it listed as.
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Not wanting to deride anyone, but before clicking on the link below think in your mind what you define as a hero and who in the past 100 years of the RAF you would put into that category, now look at the link.
https://www.raf.mod.uk/raf100/news/100-heroes/
Danny on here is my hero and should be on that.
Let me get this straight, I am not trying to deride anyone but the word hero is bandied about these days like confetti and I do not think it does those that have gone before justice.
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https://www.raf.mod.uk/raf100/news/100-heroes/
Danny on here is my hero and should be on that.
Let me get this straight, I am not trying to deride anyone but the word hero is bandied about these days like confetti and I do not think it does those that have gone before justice.
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Nutty oh dear oh dear oh dear ........
Lotsa females of course - what percentage of the RAF is female? I lost the will to live after the first page of the link.
If you're going to have females [PEDANT] - who should be heroines actually- [/PEDANT], then why not Michelle DFC (maybe she was after computer gamers and AT enthusiasts).
That whirring noise you hear is Bader, Gibson et al spinning in their graves.......
Lotsa females of course - what percentage of the RAF is female? I lost the will to live after the first page of the link.
If you're going to have females [PEDANT] - who should be heroines actually- [/PEDANT], then why not Michelle DFC (maybe she was after computer gamers and AT enthusiasts).
That whirring noise you hear is Bader, Gibson et al spinning in their graves.......
It gets worse.. Click on this link and it appears that these days the "Top Roles" are: Logistics (Chef), Intelligence Analyst (Linguist), Technical & Engineering (Cyberspace Communication Specialist), Logistics (Catering & Hospitality Specialist), Personnel Support (Human Resources), Technical & Engineering (Engineer Officer) and most of them appear to be filled by women.
Where does Air Power fit in with all of this?
Strange as it may seem, the RAF doesn't see fit to include any aircrew in its "Top Roles". No doubt Krystal 'n Chips will be along shortly to explain.
Where does Air Power fit in with all of this?
Strange as it may seem, the RAF doesn't see fit to include any aircrew in its "Top Roles". No doubt Krystal 'n Chips will be along shortly to explain.
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The logo is just beyond words - dreadful.
The 100 heroes is yet more politically correct drivel - full of females doing their job. (Merely being a member of the Falcons counts as being a heroine...?)
When this diversity rubbish has had chance to take a good grip, and the military is full of females, less abled (?) people and politically correct toe-the-liners, then all will be lost. How on earth will the military fight without really rough, tough violent men to kill the enemy? It would be like picking an England Rugby team with a 50% mix of weaker girls and little weedy boys, and sending them to play the All Blacks - they'd get destroyed.
I'm so glad I am no longer in. It makes me weep.
The 100 heroes is yet more politically correct drivel - full of females doing their job. (Merely being a member of the Falcons counts as being a heroine...?)
When this diversity rubbish has had chance to take a good grip, and the military is full of females, less abled (?) people and politically correct toe-the-liners, then all will be lost. How on earth will the military fight without really rough, tough violent men to kill the enemy? It would be like picking an England Rugby team with a 50% mix of weaker girls and little weedy boys, and sending them to play the All Blacks - they'd get destroyed.
I'm so glad I am no longer in. It makes me weep.
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I would define a "hero" as someone who has a choice to put his/her life at risk, or take an easier option. Bomber crews in WWII? Certainly. Choosing to take part in sport? err?
I weep for the RAF that I tried to support for 41 years. My RAF father is turning in his grave.
I need a large drink NOW
I need a large drink NOW
I see the Squadron Leader "hero" has three medals. But I do not think they quite match those of a Retired Wing Commander whose funeral I had the honour of attending a couple of weeks ago. DSO, DFC for flying 81 bombing sorties in World War Two plus an AFC for his work after the war as a Test Pilot. Plus a couple of rows of campaign medals and a Legion D'Honneur.
I suppose it depends on your definition of "Hero".
I suppose it depends on your definition of "Hero".
The Centenary Anniversary of the RAF. 100 years. A century. A huge and proud milestone for the folk in blue. And that colour-blind bumpkin, Air Commodore Nigel Bradshaw (Head of Media & Communications), thinks that it is truly okay to pass this piece of puke off as representative of, and celebratory of, the RAF? Really? He truly believes that it is "a visual identity that appeals to veterans and school children alike"?
Well I have news for the chump - this RAF veteran does not think it comes close to being acceptable for such an occasion! Nowhere near acceptable! His Rocket-polishing Bloatedness has clearly lost his flipping marbles, sitting at his bloody great 'Media & Communications' desk, with his logo-ed pens, mugs and stickers, ........ and sniffing glue, clearly!
And Jennie Cooper, Senior Designer at Coley Porter Bell must share the brickbats for this glitter-encased turd - it is bloody awful! Shee-ite! That is the best you fools could do? Did you not have more than 30 seconds to come up with something better, FFS? I mean, it is not like the 100th Anniversary of the forming of the RAF snuck up on everbody, is it?
Morons.
Well I have news for the chump - this RAF veteran does not think it comes close to being acceptable for such an occasion! Nowhere near acceptable! His Rocket-polishing Bloatedness has clearly lost his flipping marbles, sitting at his bloody great 'Media & Communications' desk, with his logo-ed pens, mugs and stickers, ........ and sniffing glue, clearly!
And Jennie Cooper, Senior Designer at Coley Porter Bell must share the brickbats for this glitter-encased turd - it is bloody awful! Shee-ite! That is the best you fools could do? Did you not have more than 30 seconds to come up with something better, FFS? I mean, it is not like the 100th Anniversary of the forming of the RAF snuck up on everbody, is it?
Morons.
I wish now I had not clicked on that link. What a 
travesty.
More PC tripe.
It makes me sad and embarrassed to say I was part of what the organisation has become and it reinforces the fact that my decision to leave when I did was the correct path to take.
Rewarding someone for doing their day-today job just because they are female/gay/ethnic minority is wrong on so many levels when there are many (far too many) who have gone way beyond what is expected and given their lives in the line of duty. Someone needs a good slap.
travesty. More PC tripe.
It makes me sad and embarrassed to say I was part of what the organisation has become and it reinforces the fact that my decision to leave when I did was the correct path to take.
Rewarding someone for doing their day-today job just because they are female/gay/ethnic minority is wrong on so many levels when there are many (far too many) who have gone way beyond what is expected and given their lives in the line of duty. Someone needs a good
slap.
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AND THE AVERAGE AFTER 69 VOTES IS...
It does not look to bad when visuals are added as in this, but its still a no for me.. still pants.
BTW you can cast a vote on this link
The Royal Air Force: RAF Centenary by Coley Porter Bell | Creative Works | The Drum
BTW you can cast a vote on this link
The Royal Air Force: RAF Centenary by Coley Porter Bell | Creative Works | The Drum
Not surprising. I hope our mob do better in a couple of years.
Let's see what the average is after 690 votes... any bets?
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The mind boggles....
And to think some one was paid good beer tokens to come up with something the rug-rats in the wives club crèche could knock up while planning a quick tactical assault on the sweet tin!
As for 'hero' status for sports.... More like lucky g*t who got the time off while others did the work.... It was certainly was like that back in my day when the Regt deployed on ftx and troops were 50% down because the rest were off on rugby tours....
The real Hero's put themselves in danger, do daft things in the face of danger lots wouldn't even dare to do, come home with bits missing (or sadly not at all)...
Nutloose, your right, Danny et al... there's your heros
And to think some one was paid good beer tokens to come up with something the rug-rats in the wives club crèche could knock up while planning a quick tactical assault on the sweet tin!
As for 'hero' status for sports.... More like lucky g*t who got the time off while others did the work.... It was certainly was like that back in my day when the Regt deployed on ftx and troops were 50% down because the rest were off on rugby tours....
The real Hero's put themselves in danger, do daft things in the face of danger lots wouldn't even dare to do, come home with bits missing (or sadly not at all)...
Nutloose, your right, Danny et al... there's your heros
If the logo is to appeal to Millennials, then surely a snowflake would have been more suitable.
I cringe to read the supporting guff by the Air Commode (oops, Commodore) about its suitability... how can he sleep at night? BOLLOCKS just doesn't do it enough "justice"
I cringe to read the supporting guff by the Air Commode (oops, Commodore) about its suitability... how can he sleep at night? BOLLOCKS just doesn't do it enough "justice"