September 2010 - RAF Regiment Association Official Website
September 2010 - RAF Regiment Association Official Website
September 2010 - RAF Regiment Association Official Website
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9<br />
Road, Ruislip, Middlesex, HA4 6NG (Email:<br />
qcs63fp-ocswflt@northolt.raf.mod.uk, BT Tel:<br />
0208 8426094). [CPeN 150]<br />
CORPS FORMATION DINNER 2011<br />
The Corps Operational Review and Formation<br />
Dinner 2011 (CFD11) will be held at <strong>RAF</strong><br />
Honington on Fri 4 Feb 11. All <strong>RAF</strong> FP Force<br />
<strong>RAF</strong> Regt Officers not operationally deployed or<br />
on essential duty are to attend; all other serving<br />
<strong>RAF</strong> Regt officers are invited to attend, as are up<br />
to 30 retired officers. Further details will be<br />
issued towards the end-<strong>2010</strong>. [CPeN 150]<br />
A CPeN MILESTONE<br />
This marks the 150 th CPeN and, since the<br />
inception of the service in late 2006, well in<br />
excess of 150,000 have been sent to Corps<br />
members and a significant number of supporters.<br />
They are often re-transmitted on to other groups<br />
and many addressees are in far distant lands,<br />
including Cambodia, Thailand, Australia, New<br />
Zealand and the Americas. They provide up-todate<br />
Corps news and information that, for the<br />
majority, would go unseen or be received long<br />
after the event has passed. The service is free and<br />
just needs the registration of an Internet Email<br />
address with the Regtl Sec. Please encourage<br />
friends and colleagues to sign up.<br />
<strong>RAF</strong> REGT FUND CHANGES OF ADDRESS<br />
Please advise any <strong>RAF</strong> Regt Fund/Centurion<br />
journal changes of address to the Fund<br />
Membership Secretary Flt Lt Paul Norry at<br />
RTS(C) Trg Wg, <strong>RAF</strong> Honington, or by Email at<br />
ocsigsschool@honington.raf.mod.uk, or by BT tel<br />
01359 237957.<br />
<strong>RAF</strong> REGT ASSOC PRESENCE AT<br />
SERVICE REPATRIATIONS - UPDATED<br />
The National Executive Committee (NEC)<br />
of the <strong>RAF</strong> Regt Assoc has determined that an<br />
Assoc presence at Service repatriations, centred<br />
upon the town of Wootton Bassett, should be<br />
instituted formally, since with the intensity of<br />
operations in which British forces are currently<br />
engaged, it seems sadly inevitable that there will<br />
be more to come. It was agreed that the Assoc's<br />
National Standard should always be on parade for<br />
a <strong>RAF</strong> Regt repatriation.<br />
However, it was also agreed that it was<br />
desirable that the Assoc should be represented, at<br />
least at Branch level, at all repatriations,<br />
regardless of the Service(s) of the individual(s)<br />
being repatriated. It is worth noting that a number<br />
of other Service and ex-Service organisations<br />
attend all repatriations, and the NEC agreed that it<br />
would be wholly fitting to similarly honour the<br />
fallen.<br />
Regardless of whether it is to be a <strong>RAF</strong><br />
Regt repatriation, or that of another Service, the<br />
Assoc should try to parade as a single body, to<br />
maximise our impact on the parade. Clearly this<br />
requires some coordination and Mr Tich Taylor,<br />
of the Hereford Branch, will act as the Assoc's<br />
Repatriations Coordinator.<br />
Branches and individual members of the<br />
Assoc are therefore encouraged to contact Mr<br />
Taylor (contact details below) to register their<br />
interest in attending repatriations. He will then be<br />
able to advise those interested on when<br />
repatriation is due to take place and of the<br />
necessary coordinating arrangements.<br />
The act of registering an interest does not<br />
mean that branches or individuals are committed<br />
to attend, but the greater the pool of those<br />
interested, the greater the chances of the Assoc<br />
having a fully representative turnout. Mr Taylor<br />
may be contacted on Tel: 01446 730894 or via<br />
Email at linda.49taylor@tiscali.co.uk.<br />
20 YEARS IN IRAQ CONFERENCE<br />
The Defence Studies Department of King's<br />
College London and the Royal Air Force Centre<br />
for Air Power Studies is hosting a one day<br />
conference, on 30 Sep 11 at JSDC Shrivenham,<br />
involving air power academics and specialists,<br />
military historians, experts on the Gulf Wars, and<br />
<strong>RAF</strong> and other veterans of theses conflicts. This<br />
conference intends to bring together scholars and<br />
practitioners in the various phases of the Iraq<br />
development in order to explore the following<br />
themes:<br />
<strong>RAF</strong> transformation: from Cold War air<br />
force to expeditionary air force ; The evolution of<br />
air-land integration from 1990 to 2009 ; Modern<br />
air operations and the media ; Non-kinetic and<br />
psychological warfare ; Air policing and the<br />
utility of air power in low intensity operations ;<br />
Casualty tolerance and intolerance ; Prisoners of<br />
war ; International perspectives on the <strong>RAF</strong>'s role<br />
and performance in Iraq ; The legacy of Iraq on<br />
the <strong>RAF</strong> today and the immediate future.<br />
Serving personnel are invited to attend.<br />
For more information, or to book a place, contact<br />
your Unit Representative.<br />
CORPS DIARY DATES:<br />
28 Sep Standard Presentations to 27 and 26 Sqns<br />
<strong>RAF</strong> Regt (<strong>RAF</strong> Honington)