It is, ummmm.
They are also given a NATO medal (which hangs alongside it in the hall) but because it is not recognised by MOD (or something) it does not form part of the accepted medal cluster.
He's quite right jth, whilst the others dug in, we checked in!
If you imagine a militant arm of the Salvation Army, you have the RAF :), never mind though as our food, accomodation pay and women were always better than the other services. Jealousy is a hard thing to handle ;-)