RAF News = Torpy Times. Torpy in a Typhoon, Torpy firing a pistol, Torpy presenting Air Cadet of the Year...
Does that mean it will become the Dalton Daily?

Soldier magazine is by far the best Mil publication I have come across, even beating the Aircrew Manual. It has content people actually want to sit down and read, rather than things people want published. That may seem a little subtle, but makes a huge difference.

What happened to 'The Officer'? That had some decent articles and the editorials had no bias, and were often quite critical of the MOD and Government.

....Hmmm, perhaps I've answered my own question there!

CVS News
 

When I was in LUSTY the skipper's brief to the PRO was he expected to see at least 2 big articles in Navy News every month with several smaller supporting articles.

Didn't do the skipper any harm as he is now 1st Sea Lord!


In direct comparison to Crab News???.................As our colonial cousins say......No Contest!

RAF News - 43(F) Sqn take last flight

Question re the above. Where are the pictures of the disbanment parade which is mentioned ??

Local TV managed to make an appearance. Leuchars photo section were in attendance. Even I was there ! But RAF News doesnt have a single photo.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...hestandard.jpg

They think its all over - it is now

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ruk/TheEnd.jpg


Gloria Finis

Good call, Picks135, despite a lengthy feaqture and some historical pix of 43. But I'm not sure any publication in the land would use either of those pictures (unless it were Empty Chair Weekly!):)

I thought that they were 'reborn' with a new team recently and relocated to HWC?

I manage to purchase said item every 2 weeks from W.H. SMITH no problem. :ok:

Sorry LOTA. More pics her, didnt want to tie up bandwidth

Gloria Finis - Final Parade

RAF News went dramatically down hill when it moved to High Wycombe &, presumably, had a change of staff. From their love of well worn cliche's - 'high flying' appears regularly - they presumably recruited them from the Sun-school of journalism. It is also a shame that they can't even fold it properly, or is that another new marketing technique.

It's been a good long while since I've read propaganda weekly. Couldn't say what passes for 'news' in there these days.

raf news
 

raf news is a newspaper and is produced as such
not enough money is available to produce raf news like navy news. with navy news the production costs are much higher, more designers etc.
i understand the remit is to increase readership so there have been changes accordingly including a new web site. as far as i understand the paper is still available in wh smith

First off -

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h6...talisation.jpg

Am I to assume, from your style of prose, that you are in fact the lead hack for the RAF News?

The "new style" RAF News is a dreadful rag written by a selection of folk whom I suspect don't even know what "RAF" stands for. At least the old News was written by people who seemed to have a semblance of understanding of what it is the RAF (and the units therein) actually do rather than banging out the "gor-blimey, our lads, innit" articles on the C17 bombers of 43 Sqn based at RAF Brize-Fenton that we have to endure today...

:hmm:

Interesting.....Flying Knight must be using a special filter that removes every appropriate capital letter. How bizzare. :confused:

Aaaaaarrgghhh!!
 

As if to underline everything bad that myself and others have said about the RAF News in the preceding posts, this fortnight's disaster includes an article about a civvy veterinary nurse who has had an image of the Vulcan tattooed onto her upper arm! I urge you all to go for a look on the website, where you can even see a close-up picture with the caption "This Vulcan means no 'arm"...:rolleyes:

Those that want to read trashy stories are already well-served by such publications as the Daily Star, Heat, Nuts, and countless other publications. Those who want to be kept up-to-date about what's happening in their Service have nowhere to turn. Except here - I've just read about the disbandment of 23 Sqn on another thread. Why is this stuff not being reported to us?

I can suggest a way to increase the readership of the godforsaken rag. GIVE US OUR NEWSPAPER BACK!!! We are not idiots and are sick of being treated as such.

Then again...you could compare with a real Air Force News!:ok:

RNZAF - Air Force News - September 2009 Issue 107

This really is an excellent publication, and free, in the mail, to anyone who wants one!

How curiously Kiwi - they have a great Air Force News, but no Air Force.

Factually incorrect; clearly, you can't read!

You still smarting over all those Wallaby losses?:O

Check it out - it's online.

Soldier - Magazine of the British army

busted....

The navy news is nothing more than an overt advertisement of the Royal Navy's "diversity" mission. I know of several people who have often been cherry-picked to star in photos just because of their colour or foreign sounding name.
Any matelots here know "Junior"?

The Navy News is excellent however in it's role as shin pad, when rolled up and shoved down your pussers tropical stockings for a game of deck hockey:ok: