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Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jun 2007, 18:52
Replies: 16
Views: 3,805
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

Sources of Information

The US National Archives and Records Administration, on the University of Maryland campus also houses the CIA Archives. If you happen to be in the Washington DC, take a day to visit the Archives...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Jun 2007, 14:12
Replies: 94
Views: 13,379
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

Mr Collins - who do you work for?

Lt Col (Rtd) Collins worked/works for a PMC (funny, we used to call them mercenaries) who have frequently proposed to help NATO out in Afghanistan by providing civilian manned (but armed)...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th May 2007, 15:17
Replies: 37
Views: 9,191
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

RAF The White Ox

How about the Regional Liason officer, RAF 'The White Ox', Penrith, Cumbria.

RAF The White Ox is a pub in Penrith where the RAF Regional Liaison Officer (ie poor sap who had to deal with Cumbrian...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th May 2007, 11:38
Replies: 7
Views: 2,472
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

For once, don't blame DE

The problem with the move to Leeming, was, is, and will be money, in particular, cash in the Capital programme. A consortium, with considerable technical assistance from some dedicated Defence...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th May 2007, 08:37
Replies: 8
Views: 1,825
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

Leave Without Pay? Try HLDS

Instead of taking an unpaid Sabbatical, why not consider applying for the fully-paid Higher Level Defence Studies - studying for a Masters' in international relations at Cambridge, Oxford or, err,...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th May 2007, 14:24
Replies: 16
Views: 4,496
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

A wind up or what?

Brain Potter - I concur most heartily with your comments. But has anyone taken the time to read the article on thwe abovementioned link?
REEMAP Chief Executive Patrick Salami added "In terms of BME...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th May 2007, 12:52
Replies: 16
Views: 4,496
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

This isn't news

I understand the good work that the CRO at Linton on Ouse is doing, but I am afraid that these 'soft power' articles that clog up the MOD website are not news, especially when compared wiht Army...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th May 2007, 14:30
Replies: 18
Views: 2,395
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

C Type hangar Design

Pontius Navigator - you are quite corect viz a viz hangar design. The large glazing panels faced the 'aircraft field' and the buildings closest to the hangars were always splinter protected (eg...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd May 2007, 16:45
Replies: 10
Views: 3,149
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

SAXONS - slab-sided targets

pba_target:

Clearly, you haven't been to Kabul recently then....
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd May 2007, 07:14
Replies: 62
Views: 19,600
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

Use of Vulcan in Anger?

I don't have a copy of Operation FIREDOG at hand, but did the Vulcan deliver ordnance on to Malayan Communist Party positions in North Perak/Bitong/Baling salient c 1960 - operating from Singapore? ...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st May 2007, 15:27
Replies: 21
Views: 5,398
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

Better by Degrees

I agree - a university degree is a a key element to get through the CV screening process - just ask personnel who have recently left the Service and attempted to get middle-management appointments.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st May 2007, 15:09
Replies: 12
Views: 4,482
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

Thumbs up A light relief

As one of a few light blue in a desert surrounded by bad guys, I - and my colleagues - did have a good laugh at the above post. We received a copy of the RAF News the other day, and before it...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Apr 2007, 02:55
Replies: 40
Views: 5,107
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

ANZAC Day somewhere hot and dusty...

I have just returned from the Dawn Service at the Australian Lines. Very tastefully done - piper, bugler, NZ and Aussie flags flying; anthems played. I reflect on the conflicts that I have been...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Apr 2007, 19:01
Replies: 24
Views: 4,376
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

Cynical

Mr C-H
As you know I am building a rather large sand-castle at the moment and I refuse to wear the guards division thingy on my right (or is it left?) sleeve. Will it affect my chances of promotion...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Apr 2007, 16:00
Replies: 7
Views: 2,973
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

ICON

Just read the book - a cracking good read, although the final battle for Moscow is a bit rushed - as if Freddy Forsyth was running out of time or paper. However, the build-up is credible. One just...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Apr 2007, 11:06
Replies: 40
Views: 5,107
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

Lest we forget

I think we all agree that history, as is read, is the (hopefully) cogent thoughts of the author, rather than an unbiased account of proceedings. The historiography of Gallipoli is necessarily...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Apr 2007, 15:13
Replies: 40
Views: 5,107
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

Moral relativism

Brian Abraham,
I am well aware of the 'nation making' nature of Gallipoli and the casualties inflicted on the Kiwi troops (Lt Col Chris Pugsley's book 'Gallipoli' is a particular good account of...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Apr 2007, 16:14
Replies: 40
Views: 5,107
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

ANZAC in the dust

Somewhere in the 'Stan on 25 April myself and other Commonwealth officers will be comemorating the sacrifice of Australasians. As an aside, I found an old Martini Enfield rifle with New Zealand...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Mar 2007, 08:00
Replies: 21
Views: 5,521
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

SFA

As pointed out above those who live in SFA are not tenants, they are licencees and therein lies an enormous difference. Contractually there is no security of tenure (cf an assured shorthold...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Feb 2007, 16:32
Replies: 84
Views: 17,499
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

Limit on Expenditure

There was funeral of a SNCO in a N Yorks station in 1992 where the (estranged) widow had independently organised limos, a horse-drawn hearse and a very lavish reception, largely, it seemed, to...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Feb 2007, 12:50
Replies: 5
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Views: 1,851
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

Project ATHENA

The child of PAYD - Proj ATHENA - will also do away with informal food and drink outlets, or insist that they are run on a commercial basis. Great - no secondary duties running the Tea Swindle...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Feb 2007, 14:46
Replies: 120
Views: 31,827
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

Frontiersmen at St Athan

A worrying lot of poseurs. (Postings passim). If they are the uniformed lot, they shine in reflected glory of Service personnel of yor, and if they were lucky, they may have served in the Cadets.
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Feb 2007, 07:45
Replies: 63
Views: 10,609
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

Morse would indeed struggle...he is dead!

Morse would indeed struggle...he is dead!
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Feb 2007, 14:03
Replies: 63
Views: 10,609
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

Wrong Sign

Shouldn't that banner read 'Brize Norton Carpark is Unsafe'?
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Feb 2007, 10:54
Replies: 63
Views: 10,609
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

Squaddies and other members of the human race

I work in a joint environment and live in a Green mess. LAte last year there was an unsavoury incident when an intruder was found 'worrying' some of the women officers in the Mess. He was detained...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Feb 2007, 09:13
Replies: 63
Views: 10,609
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

Missing the point?

I think people are missing the point. I would be mightily pi££ed off to return from a det to find my car turned over, having parked it inside the wire. If, as the original poster asserts, there...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Feb 2007, 09:40
Replies: 26
Views: 6,396
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

Athena

Super PAYD, I understand, to include management of messes, accommodation, sporting facilities and other food and drink outlets (including rugby clubs etc). Supposedly there will be scope for...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Feb 2007, 09:05
Replies: 12
Views: 2,926
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

Quid Pro Quo

Representation in smaller countries will suffer; Howeover I understand that the study does not consider the representation of those countries in London, which will be a bit of a diplomatic snub for...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2007, 13:44
Replies: 12
Views: 2,926
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

The changing role of the DA

Blacksheep

It sounds like your DA was the 'Hail fellow - well met' sort of chap. All I can add is that there has been a progressive change in the role of the DA ever since the endof the Cold War...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Feb 2007, 08:27
Replies: 12
Views: 2,926
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

Rent on Quarters

At present they do not pay for their quarters and many of the costs associated with the running of the properties is met from the public purse, in recognition of the fact that the Residence is used...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Feb 2007, 07:54
Replies: 12
Views: 2,926
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

Demise of the Defence Attache

I hope some of you have read the following:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/08/nattache08.xml
This is, I believe, a serious loss for the services and the UK as a whole. ...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Feb 2007, 07:40
Replies: 24
Views: 4,649
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

Role of Air Power in Counter-Insurgency operations

If we care to analyse one COIN campaign in which the UK prevailed, the greatest contribution made by air power to defeating the communist insurgents in Malaya (1948-1960) was through a coordinated...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2007, 19:40
Replies: 1
Views: 1,725
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

Swords

The swords are based on an experimental RFC pattern, and not the 1926 pattern in use today (but only a v sad spotter could tell the difference). A W mids firm, World Wide Arms, also sells them...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2007, 07:57
Replies: 44
Views: 8,754
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

Wyton

Yes, expressions of interest are being sought for Wyton, but it will stay in military use. Watch out for the black Omegas pitching up...'nuf said.
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jan 2007, 08:26
Replies: 15
Views: 3,209
Posted By Cumbrian Fell

Who does what to whom?

Hercerk - you are basically right. Annington Homes (or, to identify the parent company, Nomura Bank of Japan) purchased almost all SFA in England and Wales in 1995; 49,000 are currently leased...
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