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Forum: Military Aviation

8th Feb 2024, 16:27

Replies: 167

COLD WAR VETERANS

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Posted By langleybaston

Surely somebody should have slipped him an OBE or...

Surely somebody should have slipped him an OBE or such?
RHIP and all that!

Forum: Military Aviation

7th Feb 2024, 19:44

Replies: 167

COLD WAR VETERANS

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Posted By langleybaston

Regardless of desirability, or criteria, there...

Regardless of desirability, or criteria, there would be enough special cases to open a sub-Ministry of Defence for sifting claims into eternity.
Prefacing this with noting that I am ambivalent about...

Forum: Military Aviation

6th Feb 2024, 11:05

Replies: 167

COLD WAR VETERANS

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Posted By langleybaston

I signed, but would not qualify. Wife organised...

I signed, but would not qualify.
Wife organised a move every 3 yrs avge 40 years, could not work for 15 of them, children moved school after school ........ What did you do in the Cold War Gpa?...

Forum: Military Aviation

5th Feb 2024, 19:03

Replies: 167

COLD WAR VETERANS

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Posted By langleybaston

and even the shabby, bespectacled, balding,...

and even the shabby, bespectacled, balding, indecisive and wrong weather forecaster ?
There's inclusive for you!

Forum: Military Aviation

4th Feb 2024, 23:36

Replies: 167

COLD WAR VETERANS

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Posted By langleybaston

A Chinese proverb: A good reputation...

A Chinese proverb:

A good reputation endureth for ever.

The many bare chested among us know what out friends did, we know what we did, we know what our families put up with, we know that we...

Forum: Military Aviation

4th Feb 2024, 23:30

Replies: 167

COLD WAR VETERANS

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Posted By langleybaston

RHIP dear sir. RHIP.

RHIP dear sir. RHIP.

Forum: Military Aviation

3rd Feb 2024, 17:31

Replies: 167

COLD WAR VETERANS

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Posted By langleybaston

I don't think junior civil servants [up to and...

I don't think junior civil servants [up to and including HEO/ HSO] were awarded OBEs, much more like MBE. To my knowledge, very few SEO/SSO [about S/Ldr or Wg Cdr Messing rates] managed an OBE...

Forum: Military Aviation

2nd Feb 2024, 08:50

Replies: 167

COLD WAR VETERANS

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Posted By langleybaston

As civvies, Met. would not get any such medal,...

As civvies, Met. would not get any such medal, and rightly so.
However, 15 of my 40 years were overseas and they were harder work and more rewarding than UK.
Winning the Cold War was reward enough,...

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