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Names on a wall...8 comments

RAFairman wrote 3 days ago: 20,456. Just a number. A fairly big number. It’s slightly more than the price of a new Ford Mo … more →

Tags: Bomber Command, Life, RAF History

History...4 comments

RAFairman wrote 1 week ago: I found my Afghan notebook last night. Just sorting through a box and there it was. A nondescript bl … more →

Tags: Deploying to Afghan, Life, Diary, notebook, Pistol, Shura

Lost and Found...another cautionary tale...1 comment

RAFairman wrote 1 month ago: The summer is coming! The summer is coming! Well almost, as I write this it’s pouring down yet … more →

Tags: Career, Life, air shows, days out, flying jackets, Lost and Found

Boxes...19 comments

RAFairman wrote 1 month ago: Parcels. We all like getting parcels. They give us a buzz, they remind us that people are thinking o … more →

Tags: Deploying to Afghan, Life, Afghan, Boxes!, deployment, parcels

B...I'm an Armourer...4 comments

RAFairman wrote 2 months ago: VERY short blog post. This is just too funny not to share… Today I have been doing my annual … more →

Tags: Life

You have to move out...9 comments

RAFairman wrote 2 months ago: ‘Fetch it!’ And I threw the ball. The dog sat up and watched the trajectory of the ball as it looped … more →

Tags: Career, Deploying to Afghan, Life

Watching a Helping Hand...2 comments

RAFairman wrote 3 months ago: We can never predict the future, but I am lucky enough to see that even when I have left the RAF I w … more →

Tags: Life, raf benevolent fund, service personel, Grants Committee

Beginning of (another) Great Adventure...11 comments

RAFairman wrote 4 months ago: Life is an adventure. I believe this quite firmly.  I think that we can either get on with life or i … more →

Tags: Career, Life, Deploying to Afghan, Marathon Running

It's Not What's Under The Tree...15 comments

RAFairman wrote 5 months ago: ‘It’s not whats under the tree than matters, it’s who’s around it… … more →

Tags: Career, Life, Deploying to Afghan

Crosswinds...5 comments

RAFairman wrote 5 months ago: The weather recently has been truly terrible for some. Down here in the south of England it’s … more →

Tags: RAF History, Career, Life

Frothing...7 comments

RAFairman wrote 5 months ago: We all try to get our healthy amount of fruit and veg – but it can be difficult at times to get all … more →

Tags: Career, Life, Deploying to Afghan

It's a Lifesaver...11 comments

RAFairman wrote 6 months ago: It’d been a long morning. Up at about 03:00, dressed and a smidge of breakfast, and then leavi … more →

Tags: Life, Deploying to Afghan

Tell...22 comments

RAFairman wrote 6 months ago: Everyone has a Tell. If you play Poker you need to find out what your ‘Tell’ is. Your … more →

Tags: Career, Life, Deploying to Afghan

Surreality...12 comments

RAFairman wrote 6 months ago: I was driving along the back road by the open fields last Saturday, and noticed a single car parked … more →

Tags: Career, Life, Deploying to Afghan

Remember...17 comments

RAFairman wrote 6 months ago: It’s an odd world we live in.  Events often unfold around us and we find ourselves in situatio … more →

Tags: RAF History, Career, Life, Deploying to Afghan

To The Moon And Back...4 comments

RAFairman wrote 7 months ago: ‘Grrrrrrr…Damn these phones.’ Nothing was more frustrating than struggling with th … more →

Tags: Life, Deploying to Afghan

I just wanted to share something with you...10 comments

RAFairman wrote 8 months ago: Well, I am back from Afghanistan.  One adventure over, and wondering what the next one will be.  But … more →

Tags: Life, Deploying to Afghan

Here, I've seen...41 comments

RAFairman wrote 8 months ago: Being out here inAfghanistan has meant I have seen some amazing things.  Some sad, some funny, some … more →

Tags: Life, Deploying to Afghan

Building Time...2 comments

RAFairman wrote 8 months ago: In a Check Point in Afghanistan, the ability to improve ones own surroundings is only matched by the … more →

Tags: Life, Deploying to Afghan


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