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Old 03-07-20, 05:52 PM
RAY WALKLING RAY WALKLING is offline
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Default AIRBORNE SPECIALIST FLYING BADGE

See Thread RATIONALISATION OF RAF FLYING BADGES, item posted by MRAF 20 May 20, 10.48. Internal Briefing Note Serial No. 16/20, might help
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Old 03-07-20, 06:09 PM
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Ray, I know all about the new flying badges, with the estimated in store dates as likely to be April 2021. My comment in the above post was that no mention was made as to if or when the new badges would be supplied to the awardees of the new uniform version of the badge shown in the post.
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Old 05-01-22, 05:49 PM
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As the sponsor of flying badges in the RAF then I can clear this one up. There was an administrative error and misunderstanding committed with the ‘FC’, ‘AT’, ‘IA’, ‘RAF’ (ie. WSO/WSOp), ‘VR’ Pilot and RPAS Pilot flying badges. Jeff Jefford was quite correct with his analysis in his excellent book “Observers and Navigators’.

Action was taken with the Palace to rectify this and on 13 Sep 2019 Her Majesty most graciously signed off the memorandum to authorise the legacy badges and then agreed that only the following flying badges would be issued from the 1 Apr 20 point onwards (unless awarded previously, when they could remain being worn):

Pilot
WSO/WSOp
Airborne Specialist (a completely new badge)
Parachute Jump Instructor
Reserve Pilot (Glider) (a completely new badge)
Reserve Pilot (Air Experience)

MRAF listed many of the legacy badges previously at #30 - https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...0&postcount=30
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Old 05-01-22, 05:59 PM
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PS. I should also add, that Voyager and BAe 146 Cabin Crew can now wear the Airborne Specialist Flying Badge in lieu of the Air Steward and Cabin Crew Qualification Badges (worn on the sleeve). However, you can only wear one or the other, not both. That change was made this year and the same rules apply as to any Ground Branch or Trade qualifying for their badge - they only get it when they qualify via an operational conversion course on the aircraft type.
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