After almost 20 Year in the RAF

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  1. Cor

    Cornish Red New Member

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    Having lived in the Outer Hebrides, Cornwall, Cyprus, Cornwall again and Germany. I have finally been posted to North Yorkshire meaning I can once again become a regular at Oakwell :) You Reds
     
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    Bit chilly in Leeming!

    Only visited there, but I know how bleak it can be
     
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    good timing!
     
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    RE: Bit chilly in Leeming!

    Who cares being an hour from Oakwell, plus not as bleak as Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides
    :$
     
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  5. Glo

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    Re: After almost 20 Year in the RAF nt
     
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  6. Glo

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    Had two weeks in Benbecula once - glorious!

    September 1985. sunny, warm, lovely - but for the military presence would have been a paradise island
     
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    RE: Had two weeks in Benbecula once - glorious!

    Spent 18 Months there mid 90's, I loved the place. Not much military there now, I'd love to go back for a visit. You RAF or Army ?
     
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    what trade are you cornish?
     
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    well I was ElTech AD, then Eng Tech EL then I think I was some sort of TG 3 before becoming Trade Group 4 with the Peanuts, and now not sure if I'm CIS Tech or ICT Tech
     
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    lol!!!!!
    did you ever serve at bruggen?
     
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    RAF (retd in 1996) but still with them

    Civil service, at Air Command. You?
     
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    No mate, I'm at Ramstein now, been here 8 weeks and thankfully been picked up. I love Germany, love Ramstein but the job in NATO is awful. So quite pleased to be coming back.
     
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    RE: RAF (retd in 1996) but still with them

    High Wycombe ? it moves so fast now I lose track. I'm at Ramstein a NATO post and dislike it immensely
     
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    what's the other place near bruggen?
     
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    Is it Laarbruck or however you call it ? as far as I'm aware we only have NATO postings now in Germany
     
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    I'd forgotten about that one, it was wildenrath I was thinking of

    we were a year at gutersloh - civvies though
     
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  17. Glo

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    Yes, High Wycombe

    Been here since we amalgamated PTC and STC. I moved from Innsworth, hence my GloucesterRed name. Not living there any more but can't be bothered to change the name.
    It seemed impossible to squeeze two HQs into one site but it worked and now you wonder what everyone did all those years in two separate locations.
    Sign of the times - shrinking Air Force, no need for any more than one Command. Shame though.
    I went to Ramstein a couple of times when I was at Rheindahlen in the early 90s. Always thought the Americans were lucky having the best part of Germany (the south) while we had the flat northern plains but I suppose it depends how often you want to get back to the UK. Had I got posted to HQ AAFCE I would have enjoyed the location but probably never got back to UK. Swings and roundabouts I suppose. Bavaria is fantastic though. Have you seen any Kaiserslautern matches?
     
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    A Nimrod man by the sounds.
     
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    RAF Germany was......

    Until it all started falling apart in 1993:

    HQ RAFG - at RAF Rheindhahlen. Joint Headquarters, huge site with all nationalities there
    Wildenrath
    Laarbruch
    Bruggen
    Gutersloh
    Wegberg - nice little hospital
    Few people at Gatow in Berlin
    Others dotted around the country - Dusseldorf, Ramstein, several other USAF bases

    Virtually all come home now. Happy days. Only regret that I only had the one tour at HQRAFG and saw the closing down ceremony.
    Sad day at Wildenrath when I was there when they were practically turning off the lights and locking all the doors. It was my job to remove a load of PCs from various offices. This was 1992 I think, and there were not many PCs around then. Lots of typewriters though!
    Berlin must have been a terrific posting - wonderful city at that time with all the changes coming about. I wish I had seen it in the 70s and 80s though
     
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