800, 800 Wherefore art thou 800?

[Not_a_boffin]

Anybody else find it a bit disquieting that the only official annoucement of 800 NAS standing up at Cott is a single line mention buried in an article about the Typhoon entering service with 3(F) sqn?

http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/D...nalTyphoonSquadronUshersInNewEraForTheRaf.htm

I know there are better things for 800 to be doing right now and that Easter leave is coming up and that the MoD press office would stuggle to cope with writing two stories in a day, but there's not even a mention on the RN site FFS!

 

[flynavy]

We are not having easter leave! the programme dictates otherwise!
even when 800 disbanded we had to badger navy news just for them to do a small article on such a historic event

 

[Not_a_boffin]

Who's the genius i/c of that then?! You would have thought that given the furore over the demise of SHAR (we all know the PPrune and other threads here) that their MoDships would be singing from the rooftops. Particularly as (I assume) it's tied in with Aquila 06.

 

[geoffrey]

MoD PR is a joke. What do they DO all day in Main Building other than dine out with tabloid journalists in Gordon's Wine Bar on public money? There's rarely any news on the MOD website, the RN's even worse, and Navy News is (to our shame, unlike the excellent "Soldier") a propaganda sheet for whichever Admiral wants photos of himself cycling for "charidee" this month.

800 NAS standing up should have been a fantastic moment - and all I've seen was a "Goodbye SHAR" signal pinned up on a noticeboard. Well done, MoD PR types, have some more gin and - ooooh look - Trevor Kavanagh's available for elevenses next Thursday.

Mind you, don't FAA squadrons have PROs? Normally a junior AEO, the Pusser or Freddie, isn't it? What are they up to?

 

[1000lb_freefall]

They haven't even got an 800 page on the Cottesmore web site, it's still 3 Sqn! But then again, the crabs are in denial up here!

 

[flynavy]

The 800 website is about to change I may be taking responsibility for it got to weigh up the pros and cons of running said website! ie who can we drop in the 5hit! and what rumuors can we legally get away with on it!!! etc

 

[Not_a_boffin]

Good luck with that mate. Hope to see it up & running

 

[Bisley]

They haven't even got an 800 page on the Cottesmore web site, it's still 3 Sqn! But then again, the crabs are in denial up here!

I bet the crabs are in denial right up to the point the word 6 month deployment on Her Majesties Pussers War Canoe heaves into sight, living in 1 Bravo with 20 other hairy a**ed matelots. What no 5 star hotels!! Flight Sergeant I wish to complain. Or am I being just getting synical in my old age.

 

[avoiding_action]

It's not only the Harrier boys who are threaders onboard. Having had a JHC Corporal working for me on the LPH I will never forget his face after he came back from his accomodation (2 deck Fwd).

"You must be joking, I had better accomodation in Basra!"

Welcome to the RN my spoilt and pampered friend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Chalky]

The formation of 3(F) Sqn marks the beginning of the transition of the Royal Air Force to a more agile, capable, flexible and adaptable expeditionary force, better equipped to meet the demands that are likely to be placed on it in the future.

Agile, capable, flexible *and* adaptable. It seems someone has found their KS3 standard thesaurus.

Is it possible to have an MOD article written and presented in a way that won't make GCSE students wince?

 

[chockhead819]

it was funny when they arrived on Hermes down south complete we with tin hats, laugh we couldn't stop.
They even managed to put a crab harrier in the catwalk, i mean all that runway & the **** misses it, what are aviators doing these days

 

[chieftiff]

How the hell did someone manage to nick my avatar????? (a_a above)