As you may be aware the Squadron is currently experiencing difficulties in issuing and obtaining uniform.

Our Parent Station is RAF Brize Norton, which is one of the busiest stations within the UK and has had serious issues resourcing the manpower necessary to supply uniforms to ATC units.  Although the Squadron does hold a small reserve of uniformthis has now been almost exhausted.

I have spoken with the stores at RAF Brize Norton today and although they are now resourced to provide uniform for ATC units, problems within the RAF Supply Chain mean that there is practically no uniform available to issue to ATC units and they have been instructed to cease issuing uniform units until this is resolved.

I realise that it is disappointing to new cadets not to be able to be issued with new uniform, but at least we are able to issue CS95 uniform.  In the meantime please bare with us while we try and resource uniform locally and this may mean having to ‘share’ items such as berets and belts for parades etc.

Hopefully the RAF will resolve this issue soon and we have an order pending at RAF Brize Norton as soon as this happens.

M Berry

OIC