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    Upavon

    CFS, then RAF Upavon, now Trenchard Lines ... I have just taken over as custodian of 'The Trenchard Building' at Upavon, the original 1912 CFS HQ building where the Father of the Royal Air Force (then a Major) had his office. For those old and bold who served at Upavon you may remember it as...
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    APs online? Anywhere?

    Specifically AP3393 ... I cannot find it anywhere, I guess one needs the intranet unless anyone knows different? I was confident I'd be able to get to it through Airspace, after wracking my brains to remember my username I got in and was disappointed. OT - That website has a lot of potential to...
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    'Recent Forum Posts' ticker

    The ticker on the right hand side of the front page includes the lastest posts from all forums including the Pigs Bar. Some posts in the Pigs Bar can be described as quite offensive from time to time. Users are warned of this before entering that section - which is good, anything goes and you've...
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    Are they changing the TG12 FI Tour Length?

    Got an unexpected assignment order today (unexpected because I'm already OOA) for Adj Kent; it mentions 'TOUR LENGTH CHANGE IAW DIB 2010/57' ... I can't check that where I am right now. What's the crack, Jack?
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    Cannons at Souter

    Does anyone know the history behind the pair of antique cannon at Camp Souter? Anything to do with our previous forays into this part of the world? Am intrigued to know and would welcome any info that may shed some light. I asked around there but no-one seemed to know. I'm not an artillery...
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    Where to stay in London?

    Hi Goaters, Some advice would be welcome. Am currently OOA and looking forward to coming home. One of the things that Mrs IDO and I would like to do on my return is have a night or two in London and 'catch a show' (I really fancy seeing War Horse at the National Theatre). I've been to London a...
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    Defence Review - Top brass duking it out

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8466970.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8466961.stm Seems that Chief Pongo reckons money's wasted on new boats and jets and should instead be spent on boots on the ground. 1st Sea Lord (unsurprisingly) disagrees. Personally I think there's some middle ground...
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    'Stan - end game?

    Obama's sending 30k more troops and hopes the hard work will all be done in just 18 months: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8389849.stm "As Commander-in-Chief, I have determined that it is in our vital national interest to send an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan. After...
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    340 jobs to go at Saints

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8386874.stm Inevitable and not entirely unexpected.
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    Bleep test MP3s

    I once heard of a version of the RAFFT set to music, with the beat tempo increasing as the test went on, making the test a little easier in that it helped testees (smirk) to run with the correct rhythm. Could anyone point me in the direction of where I could find such a track? Or was I lied to...
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    Sick chavs taunt limbless soldier

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1217411/Hero-soldier-lost-limbs-Afghanistan-taunted-disabilities-teenagers.html "Sapper Weston, of 33 Engineer Regiment, was first taunted by a callous teenager as he was being pushed in a wheelchair by his mother and girlfriend Bryony Bolland on an...
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    Promotion rumours

    I'm always the last to hear these things .. but haven't found the rumours anywhere on the Goat ... 12 Sgt to FS now - they know who they are 40 :0 SAC to Cpl by July 28 Cpl to Sgt after July's board :PDT_Xtremez_06: Any more for any more ...?
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    Negative comments - RAFA Wings Collection

    Read this in RAF News (Oct 26): So, sounds like young servicemen collecting funds for an organisation that exists to help those that are in need after making sacrifices for their country got some grief from a few undesirables in Aylesbury. Firstly, well done to those recruits for turning the...
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    Yet another poor sod kicked to death ...

    ... for telling hoodies to p!ss off and leave his car alone. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/6943553.stm Hangings too good for 'em. :PDT_Xtremez_25:
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    Big Brother Nonsense

    Granted, they seem to have excelled themselves this year upon finding the VERY worst dregs of our ailing society to give fifteen minutes of fame. Already crewrooms across the Service are resounding to whistles, coughs and shouts of 'wankahs' as personnel emulate the latest Z list celebrity to...
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