I am in the RAF and I am based at lyneham, all I can say is it has been a fucking horrible few days , everyone is down and pissed off, I would just like to say when you are out for a drink have a beer for the boys and remember they died protecting us against the terrorist threat we live in today

raise a glass for The eight crew from RAF Lyneham were Flt Lt David Stead, 35, Flt Lt Andrew Smith, 25, Flt Lt Paul Pardoel, 35, Master Engineer Gary Nicholson, 42, Ch Tech Richard Brown, 40, Flt Sgt Mark Gibson, 34, Sgt Robert O'Connor, 38, and Cpl David Williams, 37.

and Ldr Patrick Marshall, 39 and Acting L/Cpl Steven Jones, 25


cheers boys, rest in peace, thoughts and condoleces to all the family and freinds

 

 

Hopefully something that won't be forgotton...
Well done to all of them and all the many others still out there for being so brave and valiant in the face of adversity....

 

Do you join the RAF prepared to die?.....Just curious.

 

phil don't be a prick just for once, have some fucking respect, if you not going to put anything positive don't bother

 

My dad is in the RFA (and i haven't mispelt it, it's the Royal Fleet Auxiliary) and has served around the Gulf on several occasions.
At times like these, people in all the services and their families feel affected

My thoughts will be with the families and friends

 

I shared my thought with you on msn, i wont on here , i'll be slagged no doubt





RIP chaps

 

 

I will repeat my GENUINE question...do you people join up prepared to die or do you think it will never happen...calm the fuck down and see this as a very genuine question.

 

i agree with phil on this one, not the best of post`s to put it on tho,

 

RIP lads

 

have some thought on that will you


Im in the RAF aswell,so now you probably think im not the spotty little geeky teenager you thought i was and yes it does go through your mind!



please have some respect that the fact we have joined up to serve our country and that we have to take more risks than others, the fact we get sent out of area to places like iraq, we kinda have no choice unless we volunteer, ive put in my paper work to go out of area and basically i cant wait, of hearing this shit news it hasnt put me off of withdrawing my paper work, call me stupid but hey, someone go to do it

but then i suppose it takes balls to do such a thing, something most people dont have............


im a friend of wills and i know he knew a few of them , so im sorry to hear this mate



RIP

 

Mercury what you do is no concern of mine..i have my opinions and i will stick to them.

Sorry for the dead....andflowers for them...they died for us....but are you prepared when you join to die for people like ME?

 

Phil,

As someone who will be applying to join the RAF as soon as I finish uni......I am looking to join the RAF knowing that its a very fucking dangerous job. Noone wants to die, and I dare say noone thinks about it too much, you accept that it may happen, and get on with it.

Thoughts go out to the family of all those lost, as we say every Nov 11th, "We will remember them".

 

i dont know what to say

RIP people

 

Cheers Phil...it was a genuine question as i am ashamed to say i wouldnt join cause i am not prepared to die for this cause....Sorry for disrupting this thread and sorry for anyone thinkin i was being disrespectful...i must say to think you thought that is quite bad as you must havie a very low opinion of me.

 

its not the case of dieing for people like you, you die no matter what, the only time i think of dieing is when i hear shit like this about the crew that has been lost and im in the forces, but i didnt join up wanting to have that fear over me all the time and it dont get to me at all, live is far to short to be scared of thinking when is my time up, i joined up for a career, and thats what i got

for all i know we could get nucked, i could be hit by a bus....... fuck knows and i couldnt care

 

My thoughts go out to there family.

RIP

 

Very admirable mercury ...

 

I have the upmost respect for people in the armed forces. Takes a lot of fooking bottle - a lot more than ill ever have.

RIP

 

RIP guys, thoughts go to ur families and friends,
I have full respect for anyone that goes out and fights for our country!

Gem x

 

Bad news all round, I know Will knew a few of them and my thoughts go out to them and their families and friends.

Rest in Peace

 

thanks for the clarifcation phil, I thought you were being funny, as radders said, you join up thinking "it'll never happen to me". but I suppose in the long run thats what we are here to do , I went to basrah in may last year supporting the hercs , and got mortar attackd 3 times,one of which landed 200 meteres from where we were standing , which sort of brings home the fact that people really are TRYING HARD to kill you ,and that was in a "quiet" area. Its fucked up really as our troops in the army/navy/RAF get attacked EVERY DAY without fail, my mate has just come back from afgahnistan, which everyone has forgotten about, and they were being attacked all the time, 11 times in one day was the peak

thanks for everyones kind words, I will print the thread off and put it up at work.

 

Not too sure that this is so true

RIP to the guys and there famillys
Respect also as You wouldn't find me doing there job must take alot of balls!!

 

R.I.P boys you will NOT be forgotten

 

RIP lads!

 

V sorry, RIP.

 

R.I.P. lads, will not forget.



Dave.

 

RIP the 10 brave men who were serving for us. Infact RIP the tens of thousands of innocent people that have died so far.


I do not believe this...
...but I do believe they were doing what they had to do and died with honour. I am proud of our armed forces, and believe them to be the best in the world.

steve

 

my thoughts are with there familys, i'm offen on base at lyneham and have met many guys and gals from there, may have even met one of these guys. theres a real family atmosphere on base and no doubt this has knocked everyone for six.

living not far from the base you see 20-30 c130's a day fly over, saw 1 yesterday and sent a shiver down my spine

R.I.P

 

 

to all the lads(inc the lost) in the armed forces who so gallantly defend us


Pugo

 

RIP fellas