Wobbly

[Hammer]

Mar 92 - Swinderby

May 92 - Shawbury

Aug 92 - Benson ATC

Jan 96 - 202 Sqn Leconfield

Apr 97 - Brize Radar

Jan 2000 - West Drayton

Apr 2003 - Linton on Ouse ATC

Aug 2006 - West Drayton

Sep 2007 - Brize

MPA Twice, Oman, Telic, Played plenty of football and drank plenty of beer, worked out who a few people off here are so hello to them.

 

[mick-a-nick]

Another Oldie!!!
Joined in Nov 71 as a L Tech AC at Tossford youngsters hotel (Fulton Block).
During 73 interest in wiggly amps etc was not there - CT'd and remustered to MT Mech.
Been around many places, BFG (all areas) Cyprus, Gulf, Tin strip, MPA and other wonderful desinations. Been very lucky as never had to do an actual HQ / Command post.
Now have only 31 pay days to go until that nice wedge lands in my account.
Still a truck fixer.DT_Xtremez_14:

 

[doc670]

Auld git

Auld git

Another auld git here; I probably LEFT before Kit or ShoutingWind could walk !

Joined as an old style 2yr crap app at Cosford in May '70, posted to 43 at Leuchars for some real-life education, and it was an eye-opener - brilliant. REBUILD THE WALL !! Then to Wattashame in Jan '76 to build up the MCS bay before 56 arrived, got an exchange back to 43 after 7 months then to Wildenrath MCS bay in July '77 for a couple of years. On to LSSB at Lyneham till 83, including Ascension during May/June '82. Leuchars again with 111 for a year and onto 43 as a snec for three more years. Pvr'd in 87 cos I'd had enough crap, and ended up with BAe in Dhahran Laser shop until 96. Worked for C & W as a systems engineer until downsizing removed the job, and now running a secondary school's network. Aiming to retire to the sun in a year or so 'cos the loonies are running asylumUK.
All I'll say from reading the pvr forum in rumour control, is that nothing really changes. The jobs still get done because we, or you now, are too good to let the side down. It would be like an admission of failure, aka reading instructions on an Ikea box.

Remember, if flying was difficult, the groundcrew would do it !

Plus ca change plus ca la meme chose.

 

[Jay_O'Leary]

I'll just check my watch for confirmation before i post my reply!

Oct 2002 - RTS at Halton
Dec 2002 - No 1 Radio School, Cosford (1932 cse)
Mar 04 - HQSTC (projects then connectivity before i found a home in SES)
Nov 06 - SGS at Epi in Sunny Cyprus

Uh thats it! I'll get my coat......Taxi

 

[ZebrasKneecaps]

Thought it was about time i put my stuff on.

Jan 96: CTCRM Lympstone (binned because of Asthma after hiding it for 29 weeks!!!!)

Nov 99 - Jan 00: Halton
Jan 00 - Mar 01: Cosford, AVT 14/15 (fairy)
Mar 01 - Jun 04: Camera Bay, RIC(NI) Aldergrove (best 3 years ever!!!)
Jun 04 - Sep 04: Basic Int An (I) (remustered)
Sep 04 - Jul 07: TIW, RAF Marham (includes UKIAC, Afghanistan, Al-Udeid)
Jul 07 - Mar 08: PJHQ Northwood (sh1te, sh1te, sh1te)
Mar 08 - who knows: RAF Brampton

So there you go, must say though, ive never regretted any of it. Most of my mates back home are now in prison.

 

[ailiebird]

Joined 86 as MTD

86-89 Waddington
89-94 Tongeren (Belgium)
94-95 Coningsby
95-97 AFCent
97-01 Wittering
01-06 Halton (RTS)
06-pres Syerston
Out next July

 

[Ex-Stacker]

Nov 88 Swinditz - 8 Flt
Dec 88 - Mar 89 - Hereford (what a place!!!)
89 - 92 Honington with 5 months in Tabuk
92- 95 Largeparts
95-97 Colt is hell
97-00 Bruggen
00-02 BZN (Hellhole)
02-05 Lossie (Good rugby but kin miles from anywhere interesting or English!)
05-07 Discharge at Bzn

Miss the old days, BFG etc but seeing the way it's going, lad I'm out of it.Don't regret any of it though, made some great friends and learnt that you don't have to grow up when you're an adult!!!

 

[RAF Bird]

Well thought I'd put my 2pennyworth in as I do every thing else:

Joined up APR 1998 RAF Halton

1998 - 2001 at RAF Benson. (brilliant and I loved every moment of it)

2001 - 2001 at RAF Kinloss for small time cos wanted to be back down south (Not MPA mind)

2001 - 2005 TSW (Fab times had a brilliant laugh)

2005 - present RAF Coningsby ( it's pretty good but not as good as Benson)

xx

 

[gearbox]

Hi All, thought I'd better introduce myself as I've been watching a long time with no input till today:

Joined up Jun 1976 Swinditz as an A Mech P (sumpy).

Trade training at St Athan
Dec 76 - Apr 80 BLSS at Lyneham
Fitters course at Halton
81 - 87 Chivenor Engine bay (best ever posting)
87 - 2001 8Sqn EROS at St Athan
DeMob Sep 2001
2002 - Oct 2003 Self employed Carpenter
Oct 2003 - Mar 2007 Dirty DARA St Athan and Fleetlands
Mar 2007 - today Ops Manager for a national shopfitting company.

Appalled to see how our once proud Air Force is degenerating - my son is a serving SNCO so I get all the latest hot poop!

Hi to all those that can remember POSB accountsDT_Xtremez_28:

 

[UGLY6]

Introduction - A Necessry Evil

Introduction - A Necessry Evil

Hiya, folks. An initial post appears to be necessary in order to prevent the standard "You are a non-contributor" message from greeting me every time I log on....

LINE OF WORK: Joint Fires and Air / Land Integration
YEARS SERVED: 11
ISSUES: Overstretch, the usual.

Looking forward to contributing / communicating....

 

[kidcock]

1967 - Lindholm
1969 - Conningsby
1971 - Henlow
1973 - Newcastle CIO
1975 - Lossiemouth
1977 - Innsworth
1979 - Bruggen
1982 - Swanton Morley
1984 - Abingdon

All the above as a scaley brat

1986 - Swinderby/Hereford
1987 - Brize Norton
1988 - Watton
1989 - Waddington
1993 - Won the lottery

 

[Ex-Bay]

1960-61 Cosford, AWF (STR18, ARC52, TR1985, Marconi D/F, AYF)
1961-63 Upavon (Avro Anson, DH Dove)
63-64 Yatesbury (Fitters Course)
64-66 Cranwell (Jet Provost)
66-69 Wildenrath, Bruggen (Canberra, nice trip)
69-71 Cosford (idling about)

Over and Out.

 

[blakeymsf]

swinderby 83
Odiham 83
bruggen 86
henlow 89
civvy 90

 

[DMX017]

In A Different Sand Pit...........

In A Different Sand Pit...........

But the people are much the same!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Been watching & reading for some time so here goes:

1979 SWINDERBY
1980 AAD 62
1981 27 SQN
1982 TWCU(To Work Continuously Unrewarded - sounds like all the Services do these days)
1984 31 DES & SQN
1988 XV103 (on jacks) BASE HANGAR
1989 VIP ROLE
1990 14SQN
1993 10 SQN SAINTS(WHERE ELSE)
1996 VCTMS (TRI* GE's CRSE)
1997 2-16 (Didn't go global but.........tried hard)

On terminal Leave on/around 9-11 - couldn't have planned it better!!!!!!!

I do miss it - even Saints was a good crack looking back, with the Weekly Snecks Bar Member Duties to break up GR1 Majors. It's a shame what it's all turning into - all that experience and effort wasted or lost more to the point.
I still watch the board's here in Gaddaffi's Back-yard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Like I said, different Sand-pit, but same people! Fortunately, 330's & 744's need very little work - just a squiggle here & there - much like 2-16 - hush my mouth - I *kin hate EK and QTR PAX planes - those dirty f****** in the back looking for 090* - mind you the Spoooons are very nice - maybe 2-16 could hire in a few to spice up the Gulf & Afgan Rangers.

 

[DE Scumbag]

Here's my lot!

Joined Aug '83.
Tossford - Tar DE 80
63 Sqn Chivenor 85 - 89
NST Kinloss 89 - 93
17(F) Sqn Bruggen 93 -97
TTTE Cottesmore 97 - 99
F3OEU 99 - 05

Left mob now snivelling servant,
Tonka IPT 05 -07
ASTOR 07 - ?

 

[grumpyjock]

Joined Oct 75

Swinderby for the usual shouting and swearing bit.
75-78 Halton Appo
78-82 Kinloss
82-90 Instructor at Kinloss
90-94 Wyton
94 onwards, Leeming

Short and sweet

 

[The Monkey Bus]

89 Joined as sumpy mech

90 Lossie ASF on Buccaneers and Jags.

90 Det to 10 sqn B shift at Brize on Op Granby. VC10s.

91 Lossie Vass. Loads of different a/c, loads of volleyball, and loads of fire related tomfoolery. Space hoppers, Charlie baiting, Smurfs ar$e. Doesn't get much better than this. Even the crap weather just made it more exciting. Did a few months in TPF, whinged like fcuk and got back on vass.

95 Fitters course Cosford.

96 Lyneham ALSS B shift on the Mighty C130K Hercules. Best posting. Trips away and a good bunch of guys.

99 Became a civvie. BAE Systems on the dreaded Nimrod

2002 Fairchild Dornier, Munich, Germany

2003 Airbus Bremen on the A400M, Germany

2004 EADS CASA Madrid, Spain

2007 Back in Blighty and I'm now doing some work for Flight Refuelling/Cobham.

Rather disappointingly since leaving 9 years ago not once has anyone set fire to me or even thrown me in a skip, and when people find out that it's my birthday they just congratulate me and sometimes even buy me a drink! No EWS, no bodge tape, nothing! These civvies are weird. Beware.

 

[broadsword]

This should be easy...

1990 - Swinders. Halcyon days!!
1990-1992 - No 2 School of TT, Cosford (Joined as air radar techie, trained as avionics techie due to changes in trades which they didn't tell us about until we got there. 2 year course - boo!)
1992-1999 - SLF, Waddo (those that were there may know me as the tea bar loiterer (not the shroud of waddo though))

Left in 99, went into IT, now contracting in IT Security.

Short and sweet...

 

[Ghandi's Flip-Flop]

Joined up on the 1st of April '97 (Like that shouldn't have been an omen)
Joined up as a fairy so mechs course at Cosford then first posting to NLS @ Kinloss until Jan 2000.

Fitters course back at Tossford again, was on the first Fairy Course to get shafted by pay 2000, allegedly we made the papers with our march to PSF for PVR forms.

From there it was the mighty XV(R)se from july 2001 - Dec 2004

Back on the Kinloss-Lossie shuttle to NST in Jan 2005 - Jul 2006

I then got back on the shuttle to Lossie again to end up at 140 ARF via a very short stint on 12(B) Sqn, where I currently remain.

Hopefully looking for a move after the wedding next year (5 Sqn would be nice) although anywhere which isn't Lossie/Kinloss might be a good start DT_Xtremez_28:

 

[Carcinus Maenus]

Hello

Hello

Hello E-Goaters,

I've just joined this forum having heard about it yesterday. A brief history as follows:

1981 Swinderby then Halton as a Brat.
1984 Finningley briefly before brain removal at Cranwell and off to Shrivenham
1987 Back to Cranditz
1988 Leuchars
1990 Back to Cranditz
1991 Gutersloh
1993 Odiham
1996 St Athan (good stitch by Desk Officer asking if I wanted another overseas tour!)
1998 Lyneham
2001 High Wycombe
2003 Benson
2005 Into an MOD job in the South West where I still sit.

Enough for now I'll be posting more later.

CM.