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29 (R) SQN Killa’s 2000 Hours in a Tycoon
Flight Lieutenant Rich ‘Killa’ Watts from 29(R) Sqn has become the first pilot in the world to reach 2,000 flying hours on the Eurofighter Typhoon. Killa, 55, achieved this milestone event on a training sortie in a Typhoon from 29 […]
Updates for 3 (F) SQN
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 […]
29 (R) SQN
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 […]
XI (F) SQN – The Three Nations
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 […]
AIR CADETS – CONINGSBY SQN CONTINUES TO GROW…
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 […]
GRAND DAY OUT GALA DINNER
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 […]
MARHAM TO ARNHEM: 500 MILES – A BIKE TOO FAR?
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 […]
WOMEN’S HEAD OF THE RIVER RACE 2015 (WEHORR)
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 […]