FEDERATION
to manage her career if it wasn’t for the support of husband, Roy.
“Roy has been extremely supportive and if he wasn’t around to do a lot more of the domestic chores, school runs, not to mention cover the many meal times, I wouldn’t be able to join the Reserves.”
The highlights
On asking Gemma what she had enjoyed the most so far in her Air Force career, she replied: “Meeting a lot of different people, from a lot of different backgrounds, who have the same goals in life as well as the camaraderie.”
These are the same sentiments we have received from personnel of the RAux AF completing the RAF FF survey into ‘Life in the RAux AF’ and subsequent reports we published over the last 2 years which can be found at
raf-ff.org.uk/reports. Either view the report online or call us on 01780 781650 for a hard copy of the 40-page booklet.
Further reading on 504 Sqn RAuxAF:
raf.mod.uk/rafwittering/ aboutus/
504sqnrauxaf.cfm
Quick Facts:
504 Squadron was originally a Special Reserve unit formed at Hucknall on 26th March 1928 as a day bomber squadron.
It was then transferred to the Royal Auxiliary Air Force on 18th May 1936. On 31st October 1938 504 sqn received Hurricanes in March 1939 and became a fi ghter squadron
On the 1st January 1998, the Offensive Support Role Support Squadron (OSRSS) was formed at RAF Cottesmore. This was then renamed 504 Squadron on 1st October 1999. On 1st October 2000 the reformation was celebrated with a march past in Nottingham. Although 504 Squadron no longer has a fl ying role, its importance as an asset to the RAF is no less than it was before. On closure of RAF Cottesmore, the Squadron transferred to its current home in RAF Wittering where it re-rolled to a Logistics Support Squadron in 2013. As part of an Operational Support Squadron (OSS), the
fi rst role of 504 Sqn was Force Protection (FP). To this end, approximately 60% of the personnel were RAF Regiment gunners providing ground defence for all assets on deployed operations, seeing squadron personnel Serving in both Iraq and Afghanistan. The remaining personnel were responsible for the many other duties including; Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) warning and reporting, airbase shelter marshalling and general sentry duties. Elements of the squadron have been operational in Afghanistan.
During 2014, the Squadron re-rolled from Force Protection to Logistics.
1UK Armed Forces Monthly Service Personnel Statistics, September 2016 –
GOV.UK 2016 RAuxAF Survey Report
If you are a member of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, you need to read the results of our RAuxAF survey, conducted earlier this year. Find out what we published on your behalf online at
raf-ff.org.uk/reports - or you can contact the team for your own hard copy. Simply call us on 01780 781650 or email
enquiries@raf-ff.org.uk. We’ve sent hard copies to all RAuxAF squadrons and to staff at MOD and HQ Air too. We would also appreciate your feedback, whether good or bad.
Why do these surveys?
All our surveys are anonymous and provide the ‘powers that be’ with a snapshot of what you think is working well, what is not working well and what you’d like to see changed for the better. Along with the fi ndings from FAMCAS and AFCAS, from AMP Briefi ng Team reports and from CASWO’s visits, our survey reports are a piece of an important jigsaw that presents to the RAF’s Senior Leadership Team, to MOD senior staff and to Government Ministers a picture of your issues and concerns. We cannot make policy but we can use our reports – based on your responses – to help infl uence for the better the right things.
Evidence Manager, Colin Jones adds:
“For all our surveys, whatever the subject, the more of you who complete them, the louder the voice we can provide”
“We’ve seen a 70% increase in response rates this year, which is fantastic. Please keep talking to us.”
**Remember that silence is often regarded as satisfaction**
www.raf-ff.org.uk Winter 2016 29
Images © MOD Crown Copyright 2016
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60