Contents 10 6 In the News
FEATURES 8 F-35B Lightning visits 1stJuly 2016,ahistoric dayfor the UK as the future of the RAF combatair fleet, the F-35B Lightning,flew over it’s prospectve ‘home’; RAF Marham in Norfolk.
10 Manston.... is it stll open? DFTDC Manstonconducts various training courses forRAF firefighters,DefenceFire&RescueService firefighters and military and civilian non-specialists.
12 An Opportunity ForAll This year sees the tenthanniversaryofthe RAF Football Associaton setng up its headquartersat RAF BrizeNorton.
14 Thea’sStory Evading the Gestapo in Holland abook full of gripping stories. Interviewwiththe remarkableThea Coleman- Tielrooy.
FEDERATION
20 Accommodaton Maters Housing informatonand accommodatonupdates from your Federaton.
22 Housing optons? Understanding the optons to makeinformed choices now, and knowing whatfinancial initatves are available forthe ArmedForces.
BUSINESS NEWS
24 Support through Project Forts Project Forts is anew online network, setup3 years agobyagroup of technology experts and veterans.
26 Admin lady to Milipreneur Mission: to makealiving with creatveskills and create things thatmakepeoplehappy.
27 Ink. Apassion fordesign Iwasn’t expectng my lifetochange the wayitdid, not justprofessionally but also personally.
LEGALAND FINANCIAL
28 StampDutyLand Tax Thinking of buying additonal propertes to thatofthe one designatedasyour ‘family home’?
raf-ff.org.uk 42 Autumn 2016 3 36 35 12 COVENANT
32 The‘Missing Link’ Anew networkofArmed Forces CovenantChampions has beenintroducedonRAF statons to help spread the word aboutthe ArmedForcesCovenant.
8 HEALTH ANDWELLBEING
34 RAF Community Support update Includes informaton on TheNuffield Centreatthe JointService Mountain Training Centre(JSMTC) and The Services Cotswold Centre.
35 TheInvictusGames The2016 InvictusGames were held in Orlando, Florida. Helena Hamlyn from The RoyalBritsh Legion shares acouple of RAF stories.
36 Ashining light ‘Family,friendsand the RAF BenevolentFund have beenashining lightinour darkdays’.
39 Time forToni to look forward Three weeksaſterher 28th birthday, mother-of-two Toni Dagnall suffered her second debilitatng stroke in twomonths.
FAMILY
40 Domestc abuse, the RAF and you The RAF is areflectonofthe societyfromwhich we recruit and sadly, if it happens out there,ithappens in the Serviceaswell.
42 Skills forLifeAward TheOutward BoundTrustare offering 100 scholarshipsfor their Skills forLifeAward in summer 2017.
OF INTEREST
44 Beyond the obvious Mostpeople know aboutthe RAF HIVE service, which ranges from deploymentsupport to basic informaton requests, no task is toobig or toosmall.
45 Do youfeel lucky... Superb prizes from the Victory Services Club and Natonal Rail in our free to entercompettons.Ifyou don’t enteryou can’t win!
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