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Welcome! Did a Fincastle competition at RAAF Edinburgh years ago... very enjoyable time in a great part of Oz.
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Nice one, in the 1950's and early 60's there was an RAF Detachment at RAAF Base Edinburgh, it might have even been a Squadron but my understanding was that they were there as part of the Weapons Research Establishment, Woomera. They consisted of all ranks and musterings (trades) from techs to cooks and so as an example in the Messes there was a mixture of RAAF and RAF staff, same for Guardroom duties etc. RAF Officers also held various appointments throughout the Base.
It was also odd in that RAAF Base Edinburgh also had the Recruit Training Unit and at the time the RAAF was recruiting ex RAF directly from the UK by signing them on at Australia House in London and so you had this mixture of British accents in both RAF and RAAF uniform.
Incidently, those ex RAF who signed on in London were on full pay according to their trade pay level the instant they signed on/appointed and were thus paid while on the boat on their way to Australia, in other words a paid holiday.
I also served alongside RAF members at RAAF Base Butterworth in Malaysia with attachments to Singapore. It was at the time the RAF was pulling out of Butterworth and the RAAF was taking over.
Anyhow, just a bit of info by way of introduction, I'll just have a browse through your website just to make comparisons of both Air Forces albeit a lot has changed since my day with many current forum members possibility not even having been born when I joined.
It was also odd in that RAAF Base Edinburgh also had the Recruit Training Unit and at the time the RAAF was recruiting ex RAF directly from the UK by signing them on at Australia House in London and so you had this mixture of British accents in both RAF and RAAF uniform.
Incidently, those ex RAF who signed on in London were on full pay according to their trade pay level the instant they signed on/appointed and were thus paid while on the boat on their way to Australia, in other words a paid holiday.
I also served alongside RAF members at RAAF Base Butterworth in Malaysia with attachments to Singapore. It was at the time the RAF was pulling out of Butterworth and the RAAF was taking over.
Anyhow, just a bit of info by way of introduction, I'll just have a browse through your website just to make comparisons of both Air Forces albeit a lot has changed since my day with many current forum members possibility not even having been born when I joined.
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I was in the Supply Branch and at the time the Air Force was undergoing a rapid expansion in term of aircraft and base modernisation.
In those days the Supply Branch also included Movements.
The Vampire was gone as was the Sabre and being replaced by the French Mirage. There was an ongoing purchase of Hercs and the Caribou; the Canberra bomber was being replaced by the F111, all of this involved the rapid expansion of ground support facilities/equipment and of course a big increase in recruitment.
We were also incorporating the NATO Identification system for our stock inventory (NSN).
In the middle of all this we were deploying to Vietnam.
Busy days but rapid promotion for those prepared to put in the effort.
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Welcome to the Goat Airforce!!!
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Good on you Rugby-Jock-Lad, I'm assuming by your user name that you follow rugby, I like to keep an eye on the international games (Rugby Union), particularly the Six Nations and teams such as the Wallabies, the All Blacks and Ireland.Welcome to the Goat Airforce!!!
I do however prefer to watch and support the game of Aussie Rules Football.
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Don't get much exposure to Aussie Rules here. Watched it on Sat morning TV years ago when some of our TV channels showed more obscure stuff and Aussie Rules was one of them. Like my Rugby Union obviously but Aussie Rules did look fun. Watching players run up opposition backs to catch the ball, various ball handling and kicking skills, tackling etc..... and the players got on with it accepting it as part of a hard but physical game!!! Defo looked fun.
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I attended a pre-match lunch at the Adelaide Bulldogs. Good lunch and free piss. What struck me about the game was that the pitch was fooking massive, the humidity high and those blokes kept on running throughout.
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It can also get a bit rough at times, this is the women playing,
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I also used to watched Aussie rules on a Saturday morning (CH4 I think) and was left wandering just what you had to do get sent off. It appeared to the untrained eye that so long as no one actually killed an opponent all was fair game. From memory even the latest of late hits, or punch up, merely ended up with the instigator being put on report.
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"Running up the opposition backs to catch the ball"
It's called taking the mark and it looks like the following will be 'Mark Of The Year',
