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Originally Posted by Cat Techie (Post 10934839)

Nutty. guess what, some of us have seen some ****e. I have. Guess what, I am a civvy now. I am pissed off seeing my world ripped to ****. Batison lives in his world. It is not ruined by the **** of now. Yet he rants with the evil retorts of someone that has never faced evil. because he actually has not. Never has. You faced a redundancy in your life? I fuc***g bet you never have. Number 3 in 3 years.

Mate, times are hard for a lot of people. I'm sure you'll fire back a witty retort, but have you anyone to talk to? Seriously it can help, having been in a pretty bad way recently I can say it makes a difference....soemthing to ponder.

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So where are all the groundcrew that made this happen & kept those steely eyed killers in the air, seems awfully unbalanced ?

They are just the 'stable boys', as usual.

DV

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Originally Posted by Cat Techie (Post 10934818)

I was wearing NBC3 when I took that picture . Wearing the S10 on the 10pm duty supper "it is dark, we can fire a Scud" inter meal, interupt working life! Put a mask on because one didn't know what was in the bang coming your way. I was out in Telic during 2008. January to May. We had a Major from the Army that was famous for breaking his back in an IDF attack. He shouts his name. I remember the wife of the RAF ATC officer that tried to adminster the morphine to him with the medic that screwed up. Her husband got the dose. I was guard commander with the IDF recovery, a suspect IED form an unlabeled bag left in a place and found by a search party and a female Flt Lt in distress. Please tell me you have ever had to face that situation. I know the answer and that is never. You never have. I heard a man die on a radio net two weeks later when I was trying to see if my men were safe. You have never been in that situation. Maybe that is why I see your words and pay little respect to them.. I sworn on the coin. Wore the uniform.Lived the consequence.

What on earth are you gabbling on about. None of that makes any sense whatsoever. I’m not sure anyone believes what you are purporting to have experienced.

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Originally Posted by downsizer (Post 10935330)

seconded, not aircrew here however being a JTAC on the ground in Helmand 2006 was and still gives me nightmares

Wow! This thread got weird since I last dipped in.
GW1 was hell though. Our pool wasn't even heated.

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Originally Posted by Distant Voice (Post 10935419)

They are just the 'stable boys', as usual.

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....d8aa5adeff.jpg

Maybe a bit too far back from the Front Line for some - but a happy mix of folks - and they all played their part!! Handing over the last of the TCAS-Mod Jets from what I understand in 2017. Many had already moved on as the Fleet run-down was in full swing by then when it came to Depth work passing thru the Sheds. All moved on now - some on to F35 I guess. Happy daze there too! H 'n' H

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Originally Posted by langleybaston (Post 10933974)

The Met Man will be attempting to look very civilian, even in NBC gear [incidentally, although Gutersloh did not have a 4-squadron wing as such, we could probably put more up, as the Lightnings were very big squadrons ...... 15 each including a trainer as I recall.]

As I recall the RAFG Lightning squadrons were indeed quite large, 15 F2A's a few F2's and a few T4's per squadron. Mind you 2 and 4 were tiny, 9 FR10 and a T7 a piece...