Into the 70's with the WRAF
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Top one is SR Ops at Wyton, the bottom ones are at Akrotiri.

Meanwhile the chaps were having top fun whizzing around the skies in their new F4. Iraq & Afghanistan were.... well they were not really!
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Re the Wyton SR Ops pic - rank slides? Epaulettes? Civvy???

'Bog Standard Comprehensive' = 'Bog Standard Individual' = 'Bog Standard Officer' = 'Bog Standard Royal Air Force'; Is 'Bog Standard' a good enough standard for holders of HM's commission or is something extra, that little 'je ne sais pas', desirable? Discuss.

Not civvy - I vaguely remember the "rig" as uniform. 'Twas light blue with a darker blue edge on the collar - just discernable. Can't think of the lack of rank tho' ...

..... thinking cap on over the weekend....:confused:

cant remember exactley when,either early 80s as SAC or late 80s as JT, but going to clothing stores for initial issue of rank slides. Up till then only rank badges for lowly airmen/women were cloth squares on flasher mac ,Thunderbird jacket ,No1s and tropical dress as above(not that I had one)
Role is great

Comments on contemporary pulchritude do go against the spirit of EO, I consider. To discuss them in a public forum is inappropriate and this thread should be closed.


Although the thought of an officer having attended a comprehensive school? Good grief......:eek:

Doesn't seem to be a 'problem' anywhere else!! :ok:
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I think he was asking to see her "Rank Slides" not "Rank Wives"!!!!

Isn't that Janice Battersby from Corrie?

(showing my Comprehensive roots now :eek:)

Perhaps this would be more to FFE's taste.
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Hmmm... this thread has shades of that all-time classic thread from 2003

Happiness is a dinosaur with pleasant memories! :cool::cool::cool:

Looks like a grenade to me.:8

Wonder what would have happened if you had said that thought out loud? Seems strange that you would only mention it on an anonymous forum.

Oh god, Admin_Guru, you aren't Admin Guru are you?

I guess the military went downhill when you had to be selected and then earn your commission instead of buying it.

What a boring man you are. When I was in the RAF we always welcomed a pretty face in the Mess. It boosted morale. Pretty women who are crap at their jobs can excel in other areas you know!

By the way, I remember a thoroughly dull holding post that was livened up by OC PMS who put in a call to Barnwood for a couple of Pilot Officers to liven the place up.

Understanding sort of chap!

Standards weren't very high in the fifties! I remember a one eyed fish gutter from Grimsby, who always won the Saturday night grimmy competition at Strubby - until she was disqualified for being too ugly! :E :eek:

Ahh, how is the lovely Mrs Brakedwell?;)