UK orders Boeing E7...
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"Why this sudden interest in basing assets in Scotland you ask? Because if you're trying to plug the GIUK gap, the Home Counties are not the best place to base your ASW aircraft. "
yet oddly for years the RAAF based most of its assets far away from the northern end of the country - presumably they were worried about Tasmania declaring UDI. And the British have the Corps of Naval Constructors in that industrial powerhouse of Bath.........................
Things don't always go where logic would dictate
yet oddly for years the RAAF based most of its assets far away from the northern end of the country - presumably they were worried about Tasmania declaring UDI. And the British have the Corps of Naval Constructors in that industrial powerhouse of Bath.........................
Things don't always go where logic would dictate
So what's the deal with senior officers and LinkedIn accounts these days (note - this is not intended to be a criticism of the particular individual in this case).
In my day personal security was a big issue, we were told the Russians built up individual profiles on us based on sources such as the Air Force List, RAF News, local newspaper clippings, etc, and we were told/encouraged to make as little information as possible available in the public domain, not be photographed wearing Squadron badges, etc.
These days it seems that most senior RAF officers (far more senior than Wg Cdr) have LinkedIn accounts with their full service history - including their 3 years at Farnborough as project manager for reverse engineering captured UFO technology!! Is security now a dirty word Blackadder?
In my day personal security was a big issue, we were told the Russians built up individual profiles on us based on sources such as the Air Force List, RAF News, local newspaper clippings, etc, and we were told/encouraged to make as little information as possible available in the public domain, not be photographed wearing Squadron badges, etc.
These days it seems that most senior RAF officers (far more senior than Wg Cdr) have LinkedIn accounts with their full service history - including their 3 years at Farnborough as project manager for reverse engineering captured UFO technology!! Is security now a dirty word Blackadder?
When the Minister at the top spends his/her time trying to get blanket PR coverage why would you expect those below to do anything different?
And the RM based in Plymouth but their then wartime role was to stiffen Norway's northern flank
This was the subject of a particularly brilliant Yes, Prime Minister episode "Man Overboard" (Series 2 Episode 1, broadcast 3rd December 1987 according to Wikipedia)
I knew somebody in BBC middle management at the time, and they said this was based on an actual government proposal, which was sunk by giving it to the Yes, Prime Minister writers as a script concept
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CG
So was Nav Nikki Thompson when she was OC 12 now Air Commodore, AOC 83 EAG. 'One winger' and incidentally female.
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