Committee Member After completing officer and pilot training in 1980/81 Dave was posted to Lyneham for the first of 5 tours on the C130K, Two of which were with LXX Sqn. He also served a co-pilot tour with 24 Sqn including a stint based at Port Stanley with 1312 Flt. Flying 2 tours with 47…
Membership Secretary & Treasurer Garry ‘GBo’ Brown was Flt Cdr Ops on LXX Squadron with Si Footer from 2000 – 02. During this time the Sqn deployed as a formed unit, unique to the Transport Force, to Thumrait in support of Operation VERITAS. Joining the RAF as an aircraft engineer in 1975, GBo spent the first…
President of the Association. Group Captain Lee Roberts was born in Plymouth in 1975. Aspiring to be an RAF pilot from an early age, he spent much of his early life in pursuit of that dream by self-funding a Private Pilot Licence at the age 16. During University, he joined the University of Wales Air…
Chairman of the Association. Following Initial Officer Training at Cranwell in 1979, Foots completed the fast jet training courses on the Jet Provost and Hawk, and moved on to flying Jaguars at Lossiemouth in ‘82. Having got all the way to this point, he promptly lost lost medical category for ejection seats and was posted…
