Royal Air Force

I have been in the RAF just over four years now, I joined up in August 1999. I had wanted to join from a very young age and had been in the Air Cadets since the age of 13. As soon as I was old enough at 17 I went along to my local careers office to find out some more information, my local office was in Manchester but they have offices situated all over the country. After talking with an advisor who was a corporal in the RAF I was booked in for an aptitude test, this is how they distinguish the type of job that you are for want of a better description brainy enough to do. My dream was to be a pilot of course but unfortunately the first time around I failed the ...  Read the complete review

As I am currently serving in the Royal Air Force, I thought it best to give anyone who is thinking of joining up an idea of what they are letting themselves in for! The RAF has changed a lot and that is only in the past 10 years, I?m not one of the people that have been in a lifetime but I?ve done a fair bit. The RAF is changing with the times, it just seems to take us twice as long as anyone else! But we are getting there ? we even have computers! Firstly before you join up you have the option of being either what we call ?ground crew? which is all the trades based on the ground, or going for your commission which is for all officers including pilots ...  Read the complete review