HIGHFLIERS RECOGNISED IN HALTON HOUSE HONOURS AND AWARDS CEREMONY

Long Service and Good Conduct

The Long Service and Good Conduct Medals. The Long Service and Good Conduct medal is awarded to those personnel who have completed 15 years reckonable service with an unblemished disciplinary record.

Flight Lieutenant Ferguson

Flight Sergeant Gammon Sergeant Wallace

Operational Service Medal (Iraq and Syria) Operational Service Medal for Iraq and Syria, which is the first Operational Service Medal to be created since 2003. It is a fitting recognition of those who have contributed to the fight against Daesh in Operation SHADER, which is the name of the UK Military contribution to defeat Daesh in Iraq and Syria.

Sergeant Burton - Sgt Burton deployed to Al Udeid Air Base on Op KIPION from April to October 2022 in support of Op SHADER as the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Counterintelligence Field Team.

Station Commander and Team Commendations

The Station Commanders Commendation is awarded to those individuals, service and civilian, in the Royal Air Force, who are considered to have demonstrated consistently high levels of excellence and effort, in the performance of all their duties in support of Royal Air Force Halton.

Fg Off Young - Flying Officer Young’s dedication and hard work has significantly enhanced Recruit Training Squadron delivery. Moreover, she has been instrumental in promoting a positive and professional RTS reputation.

Consistently delivering high standards, Young has been tested at almost every graduation, where her judgment, intellect, and ability to quickly problem solve have been exceptional.

Accounts Flight (Flight Lieutenant Down, Miss LaBorde and Miss Stoker)

- Unfortunately, a very late Independent Examiners report led to a delay in closing the FY20-21 accounts which set the team up badly for FY21-22. With only 8 weeks to go before the planned Independent Examination at the end of November, the team mapped out the requirement, working many evenings and weekends, and managed to successfully complete all the data entry and critical reconciliations for FY21-22.

Safety Centre Commendation Safety Centre

Commendations are award to those who display the capacity and attention to detail that could ultimately save lives.

Mr Devlin - Mr Devlin’s actions on several occasions have potentially avoided aircraft collisions or have resulted in a prompt response reducing any damage to aircraft or infrastructure. For his enduring commitment to flight safety, and the numerous interventions carried out, Mr Mark Devlin is awarded a Royal Air Force Safety Centre Commendation.

RAF Safety Centre ‘Well Done’ Award

The RAF Safety Centre

‘Well Done’ Award when the outcome of a safety incident is unlikely to have been immediately hazardous but could have developed without timely intervention. It is often awarded for activity where perseverance and / or in-depth investigation identified a latent issue which is corrected to prevent a serious occurrence.

Mr Brown - As part of his pre-flight routine, Mr Brown conducted ‘full and free’ checks on the control surfaces from the exterior of the aircraft. During this procedure, he noticed a slight restriction during movement of the ailerons. He curtailed the sortie and awaited a quieter moment on the noisy apron to conduct further investigation. From inside the cockpit, he noticed a slight ‘click’ when the ailerons were moved and subsequently removed an interior panel in the vicinity of the noise. This revealed the swaged-end of the aileron control cable fouling on an oversized screw which held an exterior panel in place. Further analysis revealed that long hardware and short hardware had been transposed during rectification work and was causing the fouling.