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Monday, 6 December 2010

Heating and Plumbing

The MHS contractor for heating and plumbing response repairs in the South East area has changed. From 1 December 10, all heating and plumbing repairs transfered from Kinetics to Carillion Planned Maintenance under a new contract arrangement. Customers should also expect to see a change of branded vans and uniforms across the area...

Friday, 3 December 2010

Heart on Your Sleeve


Chief of the Air Staff, Sir Stephen Dalton, is backing a RAF Benevolent Fund initiative to 'Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve' by encouraging people to buy a pair of heart roundel cufflinks this Christmas and allowing personnel to wear the cufflinks on duty. He said, "I am delighted to back this important initiative. The RAFBF provides tremendous support for serving RAF families...

Official RAF Review 2010 is Now Available


Royal Air Force 2011 magazine - The Official RAF Annual Review is a 132-page magazine that provides behind the scenes insight into the aircraft, equipment and people of one of the world's premier air forces. Serving personnel receive a £1 discount on the cover price of £4.99. In this issue: Mastering the Typhoon; The RAF in Afghanistan; the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight; The Career of the Tornado F3...

Wednesday, 1 December 2010

Rewiring Faff

The RAF Families Federation office is to undergo total rewiring. This major electrical work will disrupt our normal working and we ask that you bear with us for the period. The work is likely to take up to three weeks to complete. From Monday 6th - Thursday 23rd December 10 we will do all we can to provide our normal service but it may not be possible. We will update on progress once the work starts. With thanks...

FPS Push PM for a Rethink on Pensions

The Forces Pension Society have hand delivered a letter to the Prime Minister calling on the government to reconsider the change in pension indexation from the Retail Price Index to the Consumer Price Index for the Armed Forces. General Sir Roger Wheeler, President of the FPS said, "The Armed Forces was not looking for special treatment but for fair treatment...  

Olympic Dream

"We now have less than two years to the Paralympics and I am sure that many of your servicemen would like to be involved in some format. I am a performance athletic coach and currently coach both able bodied and athletes with disability. I would like to help them achieve their ambitions and I am willing to help by coaching, talking to and offering my training facilities... 

This Weather...

The severe weather conditions around the country are adversely affecting some systems. The Housing Information offices, HICs, at Rosyth and York are closed and the Defence Estates computer system is down. The remaining HICs can assist over the phone but without the use of their computers they may be limited in their ability to respond to some questions...