The early summer months have been an exciting time for 3(F) Sqn, with new faces, new challenges and a renewed enthusiasm for what’s ahead. Memories of recent high end training detachments such as Red Flag remain and it is the […]
Returning to work after the festive season, with failed New Year resolutions still niggling our conscience, tax returns, short days/long nights and terrible weather all combining to create the perfect storm of melancholy. In the words of Alan Partridge, it’s […]
November kicked off as an exceedingly busy month where the engineering team were at times responsible for up to 22 aircraft. Whilst 3(F) Sqn were deployed on Ex ATLC in Abu Dhabi, XI(F) took their remaining aircraft and rear party […]
17 (CONINGSBY) SQUADRON ATC CONTINUES ITS FULL PROGRAMME INTO THE AUTUMN, MIXING COLLECTING FOR ROYAL BRITISH LEGION, WITH “SHOOTING” EACH OTHER AT THE LASER QUEST BOWL AT SKEGNESS OR SOARING IN THE SKIES ABOVE RAF CRANWELL, 17 SQUADRON CONTINUE TO […]
THE GRAND DAY OUT HAS BEEN A REGULAR OCCURRENCE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS ON THE WEEKEND OF THE GOLF OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP IN ST ANDREWS. Initially created by Major (retired) Tim Grantham and his wife, it allows injured service personnel […]
ON THE 1ST SEPTEMBER 2015, A/SGT ANDY ATKIN-FINDLAY, SGT KEV WEBSTER AND I, SET OFF FROM RAF MARHAM ON A 500 MILE UNSUPPORTED BIKE RIDE TO RAISE MONEY FOR MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT. Accompanying us were 5 other Gen Tech Workshop […]
SATURDAY 14TH MARCH SAW SOME 300 CREWS TAKE TO THE THAMES FOR THE 75TH WOMEN’S EIGHTS HEAD OF THE RIVER RACE. AMONG THEM WERE 8 MEMBERS OF THE RAF WOMEN’S ROWING SQUAD, READY TO COMPETE IN THEIR FIRST RACE OF […]
FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE, OR ARE NEW TO RAF CONINGSBY, THE STATION HAS ITS VERY OWN AIR TRAINING CORPS (ATC) SQUADRON WHICH PARADES TWICE WEEKLY, ON A TUES AND THURS EVENING, FROM THE TRAINING DEVELOPMENT FLIGHT BETWEEN […]