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Did the Officer and Aircrew Selection at RAF Biggin Hill back in the late seventies, failed the Aircrew selection because of my eyesight but was told if I was willing to go through university and get a relevant degree I could get in as an officer, unfortunately at 17 I didn’t want to go through any more schooling, instead I returned home, went down to my local recruiting office and joined up as an Airframe Technician, in all honesty it was probably the best decision I ever made.

This ad makes zero sense, but you’ve got to admit it’s pretty cool

Rahhhh air cadets mentioned army cadets are shit rahhhh

Can they pronounce Everything correctly ? It's EveryTHinG NOT EveryFinK @ 00:25/26 !!!

I watched the 1989 film about Bomber Harris. The great actor John Thaw played the role as this great man. Played him to a tee. Harris comes over in the film as taciturn individual. He was a professional combat airman. Knew war was dirty business. War is war! Especially with a-fanatical enemy like the nazi’s. Such an “Underrated man!”

Those Snowdrops are so naughty, allowing that K9 to bite that poor man. QPD should know better! Send them back to the DAC for retraining. Or better still Newton, or even Debden? Oh dear this turning in to a history lesson. The poodle pusher was thermo faecal, plod not so much lol

God Save The King!

Thank you for your service sir.

I saw them take off at Bournemouth airport it was amazing

When I enlisted in the RAF as an aircraft mechanic we were told that the RAF Regiment was for airfield defence. First posting RAF Ballykelly 1970, the I R A were shooting soldiers 17 miles down the road(Londonderry) with the latest M16 rifles, who was guarding the airfield, with pickaxe handles ? We were, the airmen/tradesmen, I never saw an RAF Regiment man in all my tour there, it was always us that did the guard as well as our regular duties. 2nd tour, R A F Colerne, during the I R A mainland bombing campaign, Colerne was the home of 2 Field Squadron R A F Regiment, who did the guard duties ? The tradesmen, again, we were guarding the guys who were suppossed to guard the aurfield ! 3rd tour Cyprus 1974, Turkish invasion time, 3 Field Squadron RAF Regiment were stationed at Akrotiri, who did the guard duties, again it was the tradesmen, the Regiment gallantly sunned themselves on the beach manning anti-aircraft guns, gallantly risking skin cancr to defend us from a non-existent air threat. GO ON, TELL ME ABOUT THE R A F REGIMENT !

I wish the guy stamping library books in the background would stop. The noise is distracting.

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In this interview "Bomber" Harris states that the casualty figure of 56,000 represented 3%. With my simple maths I deduce that 56,000/3 = 18,666 to give 1%. Times 100 = 1,866,666.66. That's 1.8 million personnel. My opinion is that Harris has included everyone including the NAAFI canteen to get his figure. It in no way represents the shocking loss of life among air crews which is more likely 50%. I notice most comments about this video are gushingly positive. Harris claims he was given orders where to bomb and in another breath, states he had some leeway. He was totally complicit in the bombing of civilians, treating them in a similar manner to his aircrews.

Ha ha ha ha. The RAF Regiment! The butt of all military jokes.

The tunnel was way more than 11 metres long. I think the Germans measured it at 111 yards which would make it over 100 metres. An incredible feat of engineering in the face of extreme difficulties

The Regiments history in WW2 was awesome. They were brought in to help hold the line in Italy, outside of their normal role. A couple of days later they were asked to be not so aggressive. They served in many theatres including North African, Sicily,cand Italy as well as at home and in the far east.

When Britain was been flattened by the Luftwaffe, Harris had no alternative but to stop the gentleman approach and take the gloves off!!

Royal Force Army thank you for message,i received

How much did this week long PR stunt cost taxpayers- another trillion? Im sure struggling households were thrilled.

Hairs on the back of the neck.... One of the things that makes me proud to be British are moments like this.

So proud of our Canadian servicemen and the Heritage museum for this. Love seeing the two fly together. One is church music, two, well, heaven. This brought me to tears, the whole thing.

이 분들 덕에 나치로부터 유럽을 지켜내셨구만.. 한국에서 존경을 표합니다. Thank for your service.

British Royal Air Force is the Best Air Force in the Europe and in the World

Hmm

Shocking change really and i suppose this is the new age but back then the chaps just landed or pranged and in the aftermath gave the details to the squadron intelligence officer as part of squadron debriefing...... who took it down on an RAF prescribed form and then it was off to the officers mess and ale or beer or scotch shaken not stirred ...by the by the WAAFs were gorgeous and did stellar work back then ....during the great war ......carry on the new RAF 👍✌

En-suite? Where are the 12 man rooms with wooden floors? He has a duvet on his bed, that would have been thrown out of the window by the SWO on inspection. Things have changed

Watching that I feel he put the record straight(er) even allowing for the fact that he may have embellished some the facts but my impression was he did't hide any failures or wrong decisions he may have made. Unlike today's leaders who don't want to be seen in a poor light. He was absolutely ruthless I believe. An old Lancaster nav friend of mine was very upset by the way the bomber forces were portrayed after war ended by the media particularly over Dresden and the lack of any memorial to the enormous crew losses sustained at that time. Glad to say that has been remedied. It was courageous to go out night after night facing death and I am sure the burden of the losses did weigh heavily on this great man.

What an absolute legend, both in wartime and in peace

Im 18 right now and I WANT TO DO THISSSS ❤❤❤

Voluptuous. Makes me ...

I like how the only benefit the girl working in admin could come up with is that it's flexible lol. That's code for, it's boring as shit but I can manipulate my work to ensure I spend as much time possible not working. As a civil servant, I can relate!

Christ, he talks fast! I think he needs to focus on his communication techniques. You can sound as well informed as you like, but it doesn't stand for much if people can't follow what's being said.

Question: How would one get the roll of defending an airbase (securing the perimeter of one) in the RAF is there a specific role you need to apply for and what is that role if there is

Hey as an avgeek are the flapped parts at the bottom of the hawk t1 are they air brakes or just a design feature

fantastic!😃

What went on there! Don't get it! Why would satellites collide? More confusing a board of high ranking officers have sat round a table and given this advert a tick????

Can’t wait for riat24

Nobody steal our fish and chips

From across the Pond, excellent series, really enjoying it. Jeff Swoyer (Retired USAF)

As a cadet i can confirm we march every time forever 😂

For racist comments. Ww2 dfc Mahinder Pujji contributed British Army History Rescueing hundreds of americans on 6 allied missions Combatting superior luftwaffe jets that flew 150mph quicker The guy had same sikh turban on serving British Army.

Good old France need to go holiday there on my to do list

Shiny, shiny, very very shiny, they're very shiny -- well, at least their backsides are from all the sitting down they do.

This is just cringd

When I grow up I wanna be someone like you

Great interview. It is also good to see the shirt and tie is still being used in the RAF. I was concerned about its demise!