RAF Pipe Band.

[Jacques]

Yes that's one of the less rude nicknames for the RAF Regt , just about every trade has some sort of nickname, Engines were Sooties, my trade Electronics (RADAR in my case) were fairies..

Thanks. When the RAF Regt was at Goose Bay and without supervision, it seemed they had turned drinking and fighting among themselves into a daily event. In the RCAF we used similar terms like rigger for air frame techs and fitter for engine techs. They used to call mp's meatheads until the govt cut our budget in '83 it was changed to bone-heads.