Thursday, January 19, 2012

Britain's RAF Loses A Third Of Its Officers

Ministry of Defence Cull Sees RAF Lose Third Of Officers -- The Telegraph

The Ministry of Defence has culled a raft of senior ranks in the Armed Forces with a third of redundancies in the RAF coming from officers.

One in six Air Commodores will lose their jobs in what some Air Force officers called a “night of the long knives” for commanders.

The Forces are losing a large chunk of senior leadership with officers targeted across all three services as politicians expressed “deep concern” at the latest round of mass redundancies.

More than 4,200 service personnel are being axed in the biggest round of job losses in decade.

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My Comment: Expect even more cuts to be announced later this year.

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