Just to explain, this wasn't designed to be a documentary (so of course we didn't really relay the stress of inspections or the tiredness or whatever else we may have missed in a factually correct way), this was just a bunch of injured ACs who had been on the flight for nearly 6 months for some, simply recovering. For some of us who could actually get in and out of busses and kneel to do a basic drill with a rifle, we were cheering up the ones who couldn't because they felt really crap at the time. So no, we don't look hard, we don't look entirely professional, and we didn't actually try to, we were injured and tried something a bit different to cheer ourselves up. It. Is. A. Joke. Not at the expense of the RAF, but of ourselves, because literally a bit of humour was all we could have while we were hoping our injuries would heal and we might still actually get the live the dream. If you find this difficult to understand, just don't comment, you waste your own energy and time.
Just watched the video.....(i did the 6 weeks at Swinderby in 1982)....Have to say,i loved your video..Great fun,well made and made me laugh...as a 55 year old worn out Postman,that i now am !!!! Only did 4 years with the RAF,but 4 years never forgotten and mates made that am still in touch with all these yrs later.....GREAT VID GUYS !!!...Cheers Ade
Good times ahead for him, he's certainly picked the best Service! Which Trade is he going for? (Edited to add are you from Beaumaris? Lovely place. I'm just renovating a house in Rhosneigr, a few years until retirement and I'll be living there permanently)
OMG I had heard that Halton was closed now? Glad its not. BRILLIANT GUYS I was at Halton in the 70's at the time the beastings were hard ( they said to us at the time one day you will look back on this and laugh ........at the time we were thinking R E A L L Y??) - now I look back on it and wish I could borrow The Doctors TARDIS go back in time and I could do it all again - now I'm just an 'old git' retired Aircrat Engineer. Per Ardua Ad Astra to all my brothers (and sisters) retired and serving KEEP THE FAITH Air Force wings are made of GOLD!!!!
I really hope these replies to the comments aren't coming from servicemen. Some people are not going to agree that you should be posting this kind of thing to the public - respect these views and deal with them professionally.
rwscotland Honestly, if you weren't prepared to deal with these kinds of comments, you should not have posted the video. It's the internet - and while these comments are being made by people who can happily remain anonymous, your replies could be seen as representing the RAF.
Carpet on the floor? get a grip, try swinderby mate six weeks not ten floors needed to be polished not hoovered!!!!!! needing them not feeding them !!!!!!!!!!! EASY LIFE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WeekendWarrior. Wow thats were you got your name, us men who had 6 weeks at swinderby metal hand buffers we had it hard then we had our trade training to do which could be upto 30 weeks depends on the trade. So what were you in the boy scouts.
I had to stop watching, though I appreciate the attempt at humour. I'm afraid it's just too much watching AC's having 'fun' when everyone is supposed to be looking depressed and doomed at the 'culture shock'. The footage takes me back, I joined when the carpets had been introduced and as much as there was no 'buffing' them you had to get every microscopic peice of 'fluff' from them or 'else'. What is throwing me off and what I dislike very much is that the appear to have done away with the beret badge 'disc' that easily identified the recruit as being 'fresh' or 'more seasoned'. The 'slide' being work keeps making me think of an LAC. I have to say I'm not thrilled with watching the 'Padre' do the air guitar on the parade ground - though when I went through the Padres were a significant element in maintaining moral. Looking back I really miss it, though in 1996 it was the hardest seven weeks or my life. Thanks for doing this if only for a bit of memory lane.
Just to explain, this wasn't designed to be a documentary (so of course we didn't really relay the stress of inspections or the tiredness or whatever else we may have missed in a factually correct way), this was just a bunch of injured ACs who had been on the flight for nearly 6 months for some, simply recovering. For some of us who could actually get in and out of busses and kneel to do a basic drill with a rifle, we were cheering up the ones who couldn't because they felt really crap at the time.
So no, we don't look hard, we don't look entirely professional, and we didn't actually try to, we were injured and tried something a bit different to cheer ourselves up.
It. Is. A. Joke.
Not at the expense of the RAF, but of ourselves, because literally a bit of humour was all we could have while we were hoping our injuries would heal and we might still actually get the live the dream.
If you find this difficult to understand, just don't comment, you waste your own energy and time.
Military life is based on humour , and i found it funny
I’m sure you will all go far... 👏
6 years later, and McTeague is pretty much the same. They’re one massive meme, bless em. Awesome stuff filming this though!
I loved RAF Halton. Cpl Martin Finnan the discip ragging us. 1995. Best years of our lives. Time flies. Wish I was still in...
McTeague Flight summed up in a nutshell...😂
Just watched the video.....(i did the 6 weeks at Swinderby in 1982)....Have to say,i loved your video..Great fun,well made and made me laugh...as a 55 year old worn out Postman,that i now am !!!! Only did 4 years with the RAF,but 4 years never forgotten and mates made that am still in touch with all these yrs later.....GREAT VID GUYS !!!...Cheers Ade
Swinderby 1978 .... how things have changed ! However , good luck all that appeared on here.
Very well put together! 👍
My Son, 17, will be off to Halton in October, He can't wait! Brilliant video. well done!
Good times ahead for him, he's certainly picked the best Service!
Which Trade is he going for?
(Edited to add are you from Beaumaris? Lovely place. I'm just renovating a house in Rhosneigr, a few years until retirement and I'll be living there permanently)
Thanks for your service guys n gals , my old man was stationed there in the 50's before they bunged him into Germany
Very entertaining. Modern day leadership exercise imo and worthwhile at a time when moral is a real issue.
You must have had so much fun filming this!!
OMG I had heard that Halton was closed now? Glad its not.
BRILLIANT GUYS I was at Halton in the 70's at the time the beastings were hard ( they said to us at the time one day you will look back on this and laugh ........at the time we were thinking R E A L L Y??) - now I look back on it and wish I could borrow The Doctors TARDIS go back in time and I could do it all again - now I'm just an 'old git' retired Aircrat Engineer. Per Ardua Ad Astra to all my brothers (and sisters) retired and serving KEEP THE FAITH Air Force wings are made of GOLD!!!!
guy at 2:27 doing the robot got some serious moves godDAMN
Thought the priest was going to skewer himself on the nose of that Tornado. Lol
Funniest part was the Padre playing air guitar...
I burst out laughing!
Glad to see conditions have improved, wow, more like Butlins these days ha, Enjoy, it goes to quick
Brilliant!
Love it!
Very good...
Wow its only a bit of fun lighten up!
Ahhhhh Dumpy. I remember him. He made me run around a tree once
My old block to the left of the air guitar padre
Fantastic👍👏😂
🖤🙌🏽👽💪🏼🎼🥰
who´s still in service?
A flight of fancy ?
I really hope these replies to the comments aren't coming from servicemen. Some people are not going to agree that you should be posting this kind of thing to the public - respect these views and deal with them professionally.
To elaborate theses are views such as "Bunch of cocks...shame on you.". How can one deal with this comment professionally?
rwscotland
Honestly, if you weren't prepared to deal with these kinds of comments, you should not have posted the video. It's the internet - and while these comments are being made by people who can happily remain anonymous, your replies could be seen as representing the RAF.
I served for 16 years in the RAF from 1971 to 1987 when men were men and if you could not take it then it was time to leave.
I've been their with air cadets
Sam Extra same, London Wing summer camp 2k16
Hahahahaha brilliant 👏 🤣
Hoping to join it soon...I am from. pakistan got my assessment date♥️
I bet nobody regrets this…
*morale*
Get much war?
Sad...truly. Pontins meets the X Factor...
Has your sense of humour valve had a bypass?
Mmmm!
What a bunch of wimps - Ex boy entrant (15 1/2 - 39th Entry RAF Cosford, u/t Air Radar Mechanic.)
Yellow card to the snowflakes !!!
Absolutely fucking sickening.
Carpet on the floor? get a grip, try swinderby mate six weeks not ten floors needed to be polished not hoovered!!!!!! needing them not feeding them !!!!!!!!!!! EASY LIFE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
6 weeks? Cute. Try 10 weeks old man.
+StoodStill that's my point! we had what they do in ten weeks crammed into six and we never got bussed everywhere, we marched!
WeekendWarrior. Wow thats were you got your name, us men who had 6 weeks at swinderby metal hand buffers we had it hard then we had our trade training to do which could be upto 30 weeks depends on the trade. So what were you in the boy scouts.
Ooh your hard…
I had to stop watching, though I appreciate the attempt at humour. I'm afraid it's just too much watching AC's having 'fun' when everyone is supposed to be looking depressed and doomed at the 'culture shock'. The footage takes me back, I joined when the carpets had been introduced and as much as there was no 'buffing' them you had to get every microscopic peice of 'fluff' from them or 'else'. What is throwing me off and what I dislike very much is that the appear to have done away with the beret badge 'disc' that easily identified the recruit as being 'fresh' or 'more seasoned'. The 'slide' being work keeps making me think of an LAC. I have to say I'm not thrilled with watching the 'Padre' do the air guitar on the parade ground - though when I went through the Padres were a significant element in maintaining moral.
Looking back I really miss it, though in 1996 it was the hardest seven weeks or my life. Thanks for doing this if only for a bit of memory lane.
Rob. It was even harder back in 1971 and we only had six weeks of it and god it was hard but at the end it was worth it.
🤢
Brilliant!!!