Demise of F1250
 

wef 1 Apr 05.

No 1250s will be issued, instead *we* are getting .... a MOD F90.



If I'de wanted a F90 I would've joined the Army in the first place. :(

Oh dear, does that wean no rank on dislay on the ID card?

No rank on ID Card won't make any difference, the Wodney's will still be identifiable, because they will continue to drive in their service headwear.:confused:

According to JSP blahblah:
service number, surname, initials, rank, date of birth, height and expiry date (four years from date of issue or at discharge/retirement, whichever is earlier)

Get rid of ID cards altogether. The RAF is small enough now you should all know each other.....

This will lead to a European Union military ID card, mark my words:\

Unless your lot get voted in. Which is highly unlikely!

Roll on the €uro - and stop thieving banks charging transaction fees every time people use their credit/debit cards outside the UK.

Identity Documents
 

EU Military ID Card? Well, there is the convincing NATO Travel Order.

Post 9/11 I entered the US on an Antipodean Passport (having been in transit through South America), with a hand-written NATO Travel Order, in the US-only queue. Not a flicker of the eyeball or, indeed, any itching of the trigger finger as the USINS chap stamped my passport, which was full of squiggly-writing visas and entry/exit stamps.

But try to get on a non-RAF establishment with a RAF F1250...

CC

Am I correct in assuming that the "F1250" is an ID card? An RAF ID Card? Does that mean the all the AF's will be getting a new ID Card?....Bugger.

I assume this new MOD F90 will have a magnetic strip or chip in it, so I can move all my details from one Stn to another and check in at the Guardroom with a single 'swipe'. It will have my current vaccinations and other details on it, so I can just pitch up wherever I need to be and hand it over to the duty adminer for 'in-processing', whether he/she/it is Pongo/Fine upstanding RAF type/WAFU?

Now that would be handy, and I for one would not be particularly bothered if my rank was not shown, I would let my natural leadership and military bearing shine through!

In the great scheme of things, if it makes it easier to do our job, then great. If it change for changes sake and cost money that could be better spent elsewhere, then it is not great.

Will the new ID cards say "ROYAL AIR FORCE" at the top, or "BRITISH FORCES"? I don't for one moment suppose any reference to HM or "royal" will be there if the individual Service names are dropped. Of course, should the latter be true it seems like one more step down the road towards a British National Defence Force.

Maybe someone in the know could comment?

I wonder if this thread is 27 days late in being posted??:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

On Det in Sigonella, we arrive at NAS 2 Main gate early morning in a hire car; the Capt held up a piece of toast covered in marmalade
The gate guard (Itallian), let us through to the TSC.

I got onto Aviano AB with a library card....
good security drills from our american cousins

Where has this information been published? Tried JSP and DCIs but cannot find any mention. If it is aligned to JPA then we shouldn't all rush to get one!!! there will be plenty of time!!

As long as the new one can get ice of a windscreen then it will do fine as F1250 don't work here at all!!!

PA

I got into a large stn somewhere in Oxon by using a National Insurance card!. Pulled what I thought was my 1250 from the wallet, waved it and the car pass to the civvy security on the gate, and they waved me through. It was only when I was placing it back in the wallet that I realised my mistake.

Not as much fun as buoy15's story though.

ZH875
Squaddies and erks won't require them either as they can be easily identified by their shaven heads, tattoos, spitting and bad language. Very similar to football hooligans.

OC Rock at north German base I was based on drove all the way to Swiss border on the way to meeting in Italy to find that NATO travel order only works in NATO and he hadn't got his passport! How we laughed.:D

As did we laugh when Lord Percy of the Navbags had to divert to Montevideo. Sadly they were not allowed off base because, despite having such very useful items as socket sets, coloured pens and half a dozen pairs of flying gloves in his many navbags, he didn't have his passport with him. Offers of NATO travel order and F1250 to the Urugyans were met with polite refusal.....

1250
 

Im due to get the new one next week.

Will let you know what it looks like then.