tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932236371358313049.post7718367361727132090..comments2024-01-11T20:02:03.237+11:00Comments on Reflections of a Former Sprog: The AOC and the Oil CoolerKen Marsh (Swampy)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16618831964712788062noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932236371358313049.post-58652657835907094002013-08-18T19:10:10.783+10:002013-08-18T19:10:10.783+10:00I recall one such AOC visit to RAAF Richmond Air B...I recall one such AOC visit to RAAF Richmond Air Base. The 2AD Orion Hanger (once Neptune)was located very close to the main drag on the base. <br /><br />Out the front of the hanger was a well tendered and maintained garden always full of a lush selection of color coordinated flowers of many types.<br /><br />On each AOC visit the bed of flowers was supplemented with a multiple array of plastic flowers. They looked fantastic until about 5 minutes before the AOC drove down the main drag a severe storm hit the base - there were now poppies all over the roadway, even some on the hanger roof. We changed to plastic shrubs for the next year.<br /><br />Hoot Gibson (Sumpie) https://www.facebook.com/groups/101481896580381/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11475357121970449060noreply@blogger.com