Dixie
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I don't know how that will impact Brother Dixie
Dixie's at Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, I think he does transports.
He does tankers.
Tankers and transports, mostly the transport role at the moment. 216 is heavily involved in the Afghanistan airbridge which takes most of our time.
Still nothing in the detail sorted yet, but we (the RAF) are losing 5000 bods. No idea as yet where they're going to come from or how this affects me trying to extend my service dates. I've been told that the SDSR won't affect my chances of further service, but I'm not sure I believe that.
Still, Harriers are gone. VC-10 and Tristar are going. RAF Scotland is winding down. No Nimrods, not sure how the TN feel about that. Tornado fleet is being scaled back. Several bases will be closed. maybe the Pongoes will move in when we move out.
The Nimrod situation doesn't affect me directly, but who knows what will happen down the line. I have a sneaking suspicion I'll be on 216 now until either myself or the Tristar is out of service, the out date isn't far ahead for either of us now so they probably won't be sending us masses of manpower just to move them again soon.
If civvy street wasn't such a mess I wouldn't be too concerned, but the chances of getting a job that pays as well as this one are probably quite slim back home. Time to look into airline licences and OU courses methinks.
I'll stop now before I start ranting about politics  I can discuss more away from the public eye if you really want to know what I think 
brother dixie, i feel your pain...when i got my commission, there were 24 P-3 Orion squadrons in the US Navy...when the soviets decided to throw in the towel, that number got reduced to 12...pretty much a career limiting event, unless you had "golden boy" status...i've been out of the service for 12 years now and things are well...keep the faith...
And KEM actually understates it....There were 24 "active" squadrons. Plus two training squadrons,12 Reserve Squadrons,two "RAG" or over sized training squadrons,and two Master Augment Squadrons, which were special reserve squadrons that could triple the size of active squadrons. Of all that, only 1 smaller "RAG" is left. So in reality there were fourty squadrons. Now there is 13 (counting the one training squadron). And the Naval air Reserve not longer exists. There are no fighter squadrons.no anti-submarine squadrons,no heavy attack squadrons, all gone. We have two less carriers , and the average carrier airgroup has shrunk from 85-90 planes to 35 to 40 on a really good day!
And who needs it? After all, we'll never fight another war (let alone two) now will we? 
all true brother steve...i'm extremely proud to have served in our armed forces and enjoyed the experience overall...i guess i was just trying to relate to brother dixie that there is life after military service...i'm confident things will work out for him, even if the future seems bleak now...
Aye, there's life outside a blue suit. In all honesty there's better paid work as well with the training and experience I've had. Only time will tell, apparently my application for further service isn't a prority because I've got more than two years service left. Maybe admin don't realise it's a priority to me...
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