I read an article in the news yesterday about the new state pension that starts in 2016, you now need 35 yrs of paying a full national insurance stamp to qualify, here is the kicker, while serving in the RAF your pension was contracted out, and you paid a reduced stamp, so now you need to work another 35yrs on top of your service career to get a full state pension when you retire, phoned the DWP to enquire where we stand, thinking that i could buy some extra years, not an option you can buy extra years that you have missed, but not for years that you paid a reduced amount, looks like the new pension is a direct attack on ex servicemen and their standard of living when they retire, what happened to the covenant?