SPRING 2018 YING Station THE COMMUNITY MAGAZINE OF WATTISHAM FL Wattisham Heritage Documentary Wins Top Award! Closure of Families’ Premier Shop and Post Office Lynx Flies off into Retirement Soldiers Test their Skills at Winter Sports AAC & REME UNITS | MET OFFICE | LYNX RETIremeNT | BlaDES NETBall cluB THE EAGLE CONTENTS THE EAGLE CONTENTS 06 I Foreword 37 I HIVE Introduction by Colonel CA Bisset MBE Magda continues to support families. Commander Attack Helicopter Force and Wattisham Flying Station. From the 10 I 3 Regiment AAC 38 I WRVS HERRICK Club Editor: 3 Regiment Army Air Corps welcomes Julie (the Hat) offers a wide range of a new Commanding Officer. facilities in the HERRICK Club. Lt Col (Retd) RW SILK MBE Station Staff Officer 16 I 4 Regiment AAC 38 I Padre's Corner y the time you read this I Suffolk Armed Forces Community am sure that Spring will Covenant, which can be viewed at News and updates from Rev Carlos Tome’ da Silva is warmly be upon us, but on writing www.suffolkmilitarycovenant. 4 Regiment Army Air Corps. welcomed as a new Padre for Wattisham. B this Spring has been postponed as org.uk and the Wattisham Flying we have deep snow (8 inches) as a Station ‘Watts On’ website at: result of the cold blast from Russia! http://www.wattsonwattisham. 22 I 7 Avn Sp Bn REME 38 I Military Wives Choir Nevertheless, the Attack Helicopter co.uk/home-2/. Force has again been involved in News and updates from 7 Aviation Together with 74 other Choirs, a new so many different activities since Just a reminder that the editorial Support Battalion REME. commemorative album ‘Remember’ is the last edition of The Eagle. It deadline for the next ‘Summer launched. is regretted that due to market Eagle’ is Fri 18th May 2018 and forces, the outside Families’ that articles for inclusion should 28 I Lynx Helicopters Retire 39 Childcare Centre I Premier Shop will close on 28 be sent to the Station Staff Officer A formation of Lynx helicopters made The Childcare Centre goes from strength to Mar 18 - read more on page 32. at the email address below. a flying visit to Wattisham to mark strength with a really good Ofsted rating. the end of 40 years of service. Remember wherever you Editorial Deadlines for the are serving you can view Eagle Magazine 2018 are: The Eagle on-line at: Summer: Fri 18 May 18. Fundraising Heritage Corner 30 I 39 I www.theeagleonline.co.uk. Autumn: Fri 27 Jul 18. Emma launches a ‘Fundraiser’ for the Documentary wins Royal Other useful websites are the Winter: Fri 22 Oct 18. Blossom Breast Cancer Appeal. Television Society top award. Editorial: HQ, Wattisham Flying Station, Tel: 01449 728210 Wattisham Airfield, 01449 728212 30 I Closure of Premier Shop 40 I Station Welfare Departments IPSWICH, Suffolk, IP7 7RA Email: [email protected] It is with regret to announce to all If you need help, advice or just a chat you Articles should be sent by email or disc to the Editor at customers that the outside Families’ will find all the contact details in Clare’s [email protected] Premier Shop will close on 28 Mar Welfare notes. The views expressed by the contributors to The Eagle magazine are not necessarily those of the 18 - read more in this edition. Editor; MOD, or the publishers and do not reflect Station policy. All precautions are taken to ensure accuracy. Advertisements are accepted on the understanding that they conform to the British Code of Advertising Practice. This magazine is published by the kind permission of the Station Commander. Needham Cricket Club Met Office 32 I 44 I Advertising by: Jayne Bailey - Tel: 01536 526677 Anyone for a Spot of Cricket. Read about last year’s weather, Storm David Designed by: Danielle Bowen; Lance Publishing, [email protected] and in the next issue drifting Snow! Published by: Lance Publishing Ltd, 1st Floor, Tailby House, Bath Road, Kettering, NN16 8NL Tel: 01536 512624 / Fax: 01536 515481 34 I Blades Netball Team 45 I Orchard Barn News Email: [email protected] Printed by: Lance Print Ltd - Tel: 01733 390564 Lance Blades have had a busy start to the year The charity continues to thrive. participating in league games and training. 35 I Home start Home Start continues to work in partnership with Wattisham Welfare Teams. Winter Sports at Wattisham - c/o the Beast From The East! THE EAGLE | 4 THE EAGLE | 5 THE EAGLE swooPS Foreword by Colonel CA Bisset MBE Commander Attack Helicopter Force and Wattisham Flying Station UK and Ex Crimson Eagle in the US in due course in the same vein. More broadly they have also provided support to both front line aviation units and have shouldered a great deal of the engineering effort forward deployed in Cyprus. Special sincerely wish that you all mention must go out to 132 managed to enjoy some Sqn RLC though, who turned I quality down time over round the Deployable Spares the Christmas and New Year Pack for Exercise Crimson Eagle period. Just when we thought in an eye wateringly short time we were emerging from the grip period and have several folk of quite a harsh winter, at the who gave up chunks of their time of writing we have been Christmas leave to do so. 4 hit by the so called ‘Beast from Regt AAC have been equally New Season, More Reasons to Spring into Fitness the East’ – the sting in the tail busy. They achieved the final of the cold season. Hopefully, session of maritime training As much as we all try to stick to our workout routines no matter Don’t skip the warm-up – by the time you read this, it will on-board HMS Ocean before what, the cold weather and shorter days during the winter often A proper warm-up is not only essential to your safety, lead to less working out and more inactivity. Then suddenly the it actually leads to a much more beneficial workout! be a distant memory though. the ship is sold to the Brazilian days start getting longer, the temperature starts to rise, and you That’s because a warm-up prepares your body Navy and are poised to deploy Free Spirit, Korda, Fox, Nash, Shimano, Preston, realize that swimsuit season is right around the corner! 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