15 SQN RAF Regiment

The RAF Regiment From WWII to the Present Day

I Served on 15 (Light Armoured) Sqn RAF Regiment from 1984 to mid 1985, I left the Regimental Training Depot to arrive at RAF Hullavington only to find the Sqn was serving in Northern Ireland, so I joined the Sqn in NI and spent the next few weeks doing NI training with various Army units until I then re-joined the Sqn doing the regular VCP's, heli VCP and patrols and 12 hours on 12 hours off shift, however most of the time off was spent training and running.

October 1985 I was sent on my first outing at Greenham Common for a 4 week stint, living in green huts you would not use for cattle. This was however where I learnt snow clearing techniques and how to chase rabbits in a Landover and of course the women who for some reason wanted to get on the camp then when we got them wanted to get of again ...odd lot

November 1985 The Sqn was sent to Cyprus for six weeks where we spent time on the ranges, running in the mid day sun and QRF duties, and a good few beers, some guys decided they wanted to spice things up a bit with the RM's in the Naffi one night and spent the rest of the tour on what we called the Penal Flight getting extra duties and running practice.

January 85 Another tour at Greenham Common, S10 Respirator trials, Ranges, running around the Perry track with telegraph poles just for fun, and an exercise where a flight of us played enemy against the RAOC.

Mid 85 was spent on exercise in Germany, but first we had to travel by ferry from the UK to Hamburg, hours of rough Sea were the toilets had flooded the passageways, and some guys had a few to many beers and started to impress a school party who were at the disco on board, The exercise was a success as usual and some one nicked my wallet.

After that I was posted to 1 Sqn RAF Regiment at Laarbruch Germany

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Pictures from Alan Skynner

15 Sqn Northern Ireland 1984

1: Party Time, recognise the faces? 2: Lofty with his gat 3: Lofty with a lot of bottle

Spotty 18 year old Glen Beavis (me)

1: Mick, Rab, Lofty, Webbo, Spotheight. 2: Alan outside Sqn 3: Alan lost!

Pictures From Tim Cullen

Chas Gould, Dinger Doyle, Mick Grady, Andy Orchard, 15 Sqn Cyprus

Pictures from Andy (Gibbo) Gibbson

Gibbo had a problem with the web site and lost some of your pics and info, if you can can you mail me with details of these pics again mate

Dave Bone

Pictures from Glen Beavis

Jack and Lofty Germany 85 after a few ( we were close on 15), but who is the 3rd person ?

S10 respirator trials '85 we had to wear it for 24 hours including sleep. Not very pleasant especially if you dribbled in your sleep

Pictures from Glen Beavis

BG 15 / 83

Below N.I Tour 84 Aldergrove

The driver (Rab) showing his feeling's towards the N.I. Tour....Bottoms up!! Shot Gun is Tim Cullen

2 : Me as a 18 year old in N.I and new to the Sqn didn't have a clue

3: A VCP, I was the "sprog" and had the pleasure of the cow traps

4 5

4: IC of the Brick having something to eat, I really miss those wholesome dinners

5: The bloke on the left I joined up with, he went to 2 SQN for a week or 2 then came to 15. We knew him as "Dragarse"

On Tour Cyprus Nov 84

Lost again Tim Tidds 3: Dan Dare, Eddy, & Dragarse, Q.R.F4

Bones on top, Razor , Tidds with the GPMG Me (in the cupola) and Razor

Having a Keo or six on troodos, Tony Brown , Acky and Razor lost on Troodos, must have been due to the low cloud cover........

...............and then back to Greenham common for 2 weeks in Feb 85 how nice that was?

15 Sqn Greenham Common Attachment Feb '85

The View : Shovelling : Me stagg on! : Me and Ackey nice accommodation...

Do you remember the accommodation? and who was the guy who always fired his catapult at it?

An exercise against the RAOC 85

I think this is Spence with the brew, the guy with the Jimppy ?? We were on exercise in Staffordshire playing enemy against the R.A.O.C.

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