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Aviation History
1957
1957 - 0892.PDF
898 FLIGHT MAINTENANCE COMMAND From Air Marshal : Sir Richard Jordan, K.C.B., U.F.C., Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief MAINTENANCE COMMAND, whose badge is a raven, and whose motto i.s"Service," is the "heart" of the Royal Air Force, and it is from this heart that the Service, quite naturally, draws its "life-blood." A short synopsis of the responsibilities of the Command will illustrate quite clearly this simile and show the part played by the various Maintenance Units in keeping the operational Commands throughout the entire Royal Air Force in fighting trim. We are responsible for receiving from industry, storing, accounting for and issuing, every item of equipment that the Service uses, from complete aircraft to simple domestic goods. The preparation of aircraft for issue, and continual modi- fication and repair of equipment in store, demands a large technical organization, which also gives direct assistance to the operational Commands by undertaking work that is beyond their technical capacity, including the repair and salvage of crashed aircraft. We have extensive workshop facilities engaged in the manu- facture of equipment, and the repair of radio and radar sets, which can most economically be done within the Service. Our task has no glory attached to it, but our morale is sustained in the know- ledge that unless we do our job with speed and efficiency the "fighting end" of the Royal Air Force cannot be maintained at an operational preparedness essential in the world today. It is our honour and privilege to serve all Commands of the Royal Air Force and to ensure that their requirements are met with alacrity. Some aspects of the work of MaintenanceCommand, illustrated by ground tradesmen at No. 32 Maintenance Unit, St. Athan: (clock-wise, reading from upper left) riveting work on Hunter gun-ports; a Hunter fuselagereceives attention; an ejection seat being fitted into the cockpit of a Hunter; loweringthe impeller into a Derwent compressor casing; and testing the wiring system of aLink Trainer.
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