RAF Station Commander Appointments
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RAF Station Commander Appointments
https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisat...-appointments/
A navigator gets Valley and an engineer gets Brize. Two winged master race under pressure?
A navigator gets Valley and an engineer gets Brize. Two winged master race under pressure?
https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisat...-appointments/
A navigator gets Valley and an engineer gets Brize. Two winged master race under pressure?
A navigator gets Valley and an engineer gets Brize. Two winged master race under pressure?
Here is an article in the open domain that discusses where ASTRA is taking the Next Generation Royal Air Force. https://www.aerosociety.com/news/bre...glass-ceiling/
Further, there are already many OF-5 Deputy Force Commanders out there - they will become the new Air Wing Commanders as I understand it, as this campaign is rolled out. As I say, I haven’t heard how this will work at Stations without an FHQ. Maybe they will retain Aircrew Stn Cdrs?
Finally, ponder over this quote when it comes to future Chiefs of the Air Staff from Baggers: “We are the only organisation that recruits our CEO based on their hand-eye co-ordination at age 17”. Some truth in that...
I was at HQSTC when LEAN was being rolled out at units. I asked a 1 star if LEAN was going to be implemented at strike. His answer, ‘of course not, LEAN is aimed at the ranks, not command’. About summed it up for me.
I was at HQSTC when LEAN was being rolled out at units. I asked a 1 star if LEAN was going to be implemented at strike. His answer, ‘of course not, LEAN is aimed at the ranks, not command’. About summed it up for me.
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After I left (93) I knew the world had changed when the ATC 1* (AOC MATO) went to STC as a 2* ABM something, and a gp capt ATCO went to Shawbury as Stn Cdr so he had the job-tick to be the 1* AOC MATO. After that, all bets were off! 😎
Good luck to all who are still in the game, of whichever Branch. The greasy pole must be even slippier these days.
Good luck to all who are still in the game, of whichever Branch. The greasy pole must be even slippier these days.
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A lot of people have had more than one flying badge/brevet so this could be expanded a bit. Would flying training count if you got chopped?
I’m not convinced there are enough OF5s out there. I’d add an emoji but I’m genuinely surprised by the pointless senior officer job creation. It was never deemed necessary when we had a half-decent sized Air Force in the 80s.
Always thought that the single winged brigade should be limited to Wg Cdr and the zero winged brigade should peak at Flt Lt.
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Well, when I was a pilot we didn’t consider RAF Regt to be ‘proper’ Air Force as all they wanted to do was wear DPM and run around pretending to be soldiers 😘
Well, when I was a pilot we didn’t consider RAF Regt to be ‘proper’ Air Force as all they wanted to do was wear DPM and run around pretending to be soldiers 😘
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I recall many years ago the small Fighter Control Branch had a problem with insufficient suitable candidates for promotion to sqn ldr/wg cdr, and had to ‘import’ aircrew to fill some senior appointments. And ATC had a distorted pyramid too ... from the 1* downward ISTR it was approx 1:5:32:150:500, which led to its own problems.
