RAF Aircraft Mechanics (Weapons) recruitment Advert 1970 | Royal Air Force

[@c8136132]

What an era, a hard era but also one of excitement and opportunity. A UK very different to today's and in many ways better and that includes the RAF

[@eyerollthereforeiam1709]

I'm definitely showing this to my dad. He spent many years in the RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force) in the cold war era. Not the fighter pilot getting the glory, but the guy on the ground who kept all the gadgets running. Any time there was talk of transferring him elsewhere, they higher ups on base said Hell no, we need him here! As a result, he kept the same posting for nearly his entire time in service.

[@stephenmundane]

Not for nothing did the founder of the RAF, Lord Trenchard, once declare: 'The Armourer - without him there is no need for an air force. '

[@billy4072]

"Bombheads" 🤔💡