Daily PhotoTo coincide with HEAR Sieben on 5 March 2017, the Harrier Heritage Centre at RAF Wittering will open its doors at 11.00 for approximately two hours. Ex Harrier Force Engineers and their guests are welcome to visit by first notifying Phil Wilsher no later than 28 February via the HFA website, Facebook, mobile (07971566851) […]
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From Gareth Burdett: I would like to contact any Association members who were on IV(AC) Sqn in Nov ’93. An Ops Dir colleague of mine has been approached by a law firm seeking to corroborate the story of a Kurdish asylum seeker, Jamal Obeid Majeid. Jamal claims to have assisted coalition forces in Nov 93 […] From Al Pollock: Many will already have heard from other sources of our sad loss of Bugs Bendell. Bugs Bendell Because of the rather special sortie link I had with Bugs in 1958 I am sending this out with a rapid career summary at the attachment, mainly cobbled from his book. Wg Cdr […] Hawk T2 Summer arrives at IV Sqn just in time for Night flying. The unusually pleasant weather on Anglesey has led to a very productive couple of months for IV Sqn. This has meant we have been able to catch up on some of the student flying, which was almost stopped during bolthole. […] Al Holman writes: Hi Chris, I wondered if you could publicise the wonderful work that 3 colleagues of mine from my Cranwell days have accomplished. What was planned over a few beers at a poolside bar in the south of France has been fantastically successful. It was decided to produce a book called “Out Of […] Al Holman has kindly sent me some of his memories of field deployments with the Harrier Force in the 1970’s. Al flew the Harrier GR3/T4 on IV(AC) Sqn at Gutersloh from 1977 to 1980. I arrived on IV in November 1979 and remember sitting in the back of a T4 with Al performing an air […] Doug, You sent me a message through the fourfax Contact Form. However, the Contact Form was misconfigured (technology, huh!) and your email address was not included. Please use the contact form again and include your email addresses and I’ll be able to reply. Sorry, all my fault… With the Anglesey winter nights drawing nearer, happy IV(R) Sqn busy ourselves by fondly recollecting our summer vacation (Bolthole) to St Athan Hawk T2 Some will warmly reflect on the long summer flying days and boozy Thursday nights in Cardiff, whilst others shudder at the thought of 9+ hour coach journeys or the […] RAF Valley’s premier fixed wing flying squadron enter the summer flying season with a plethora of new take off performance figures and a renewed fear of rain, thanks to the ongoing runway resurfacing works. As always most of the squadron’s instructional work continues to be carried out by mighty A-Flt with a total of 4 […] 2016_07_hawk_three_ship Summer greetings from Happy IV With the runway resurfacing continuing at pace, the squadron are busy getting ready for the imminent bolthole to St Athan, where we will probably still be at the time of publishing if the runway works over-run (remember – they’re not running late, they just started late!).The planned […] Chas Mudie Chas Mudie, whom many of us remember as the USAF exchange pilot on the Sqn from 1979 to 1980, passed away in July. His second wife, Beth, writes: Dear Friends, I thought you would like to read the full obituary which was published in the Fallbrook, California local newspaper. Chas was […]I just heard the sad news that Pete Collins died in August. Pete served on 3 Sqn and IV Sqn at Gutersloh on the Harrier GR3 in the 80’s and had many friends on IV. Condolences to Gudrun and the family. These are the details for COL’s funeral: Gudrun asks that people who are planning […]A very handsome pilot at the beginning! Harrier Boys Vol 2 Harrier Boys, Volume 2: New Technology, New Threats, New Tactics, is now available from the HFA Shop. £18 or £20 signed. PTSD Resolution, the charity for forces’ veterans mental health, is organising the first ‘Shell Shock Walk’ in London on Saturday 17th September 2016, from Wandsworth Bridge to Tower Bridge. The walk over 8 miles starts at 13:30 – details are at Eventbrite. The walk is to highlight the issues of veterans’ mental health resulting from […] |
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