Contents 8 In the News
FEATURES 10 Mission systems operator A day in the life of an MSO, it’s not all chicken and beef with a bit of refuelling on the side!
14 Full throttle at RAF Leeming Legendary rocker and British Superbike rider took to the skies during a visit to Leeming.
16 Quicker and simpler New powers for the Ombudsman are changing the Service complaints system from January 2016.
18 New World Record A serving airwoman from Cosford has become a new world record holder in powerlifting.
21 Clay Shooting One of the best years for clay pigeon shooting in the RAF since 2003. So what is clay shooting?
22 Ironman Triathlon in Hawaiii Swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles, run 26.2 miles. It’s the Ironman World Championship Triathlon.
FEDERATION
26 Housing Does Matter Housing information and accommodation updates from your Federation.
28 The RAF Reserves The Federation engages with RAF Reserve personnel and their families.
NEM
30 Snapshot of NEM Latest update on the New Employment Model, now firmly in the implementation stage.
34 Snapshot of NEM Partner Employment Programme provides range of opportunities to spouses and civil partners.
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36 Armed Forces Match Day Armed Forces of Shropshire come together with other members of the community.
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
38 New film and app launch Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (JCCC) has launched their new app and briefing films.
39 Gifts for our troops An insight into ‘Square Stocking’ - gifts for Service personnel deployed on Christmas day.
FAMILY
40 Helping Serving RAF families RAF Benevolent Fund’s new offerings to make life easier for serving families.
41 RAFA funds refurbishment Refurbishment funds help provide ‘Home From Home’ contact houses at RAF Boulmer.
42 RAF Charitable Trust award Support to purchase 2,000 ‘Useful Reminders’ Charts for distribution across the Service.
43 The Forces Children’s Trust Helping children whose parent has died or has sustained life threatening injuries.
OF INTEREST
44 Ascension Island 200 years on Today Ascension has both an RAF base and a USAF base with a small military population.
46 Let us entertain you! The SSVC - the best in forces news and entertainment.
READING
50 Two for the bookshelf ‘Flying on the Ground’ and ‘RAF Special Duties’ - RAF life in WW2 and post 50’s.
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