Welcome to the autumn edition of Mainpoint! I hope you’ll enjoy the plethora of content on print. This edition covers station activity from the end of May to the end of August, which includes a particularly impressive range of sport! Olympic fever must certainly have been in the air...

The Editor has finally cornered me for the foreword of the Aries magazine. I arrived at RAF Shawbury a little over 12 months ago and I can no longer be labelled as an Aries Foreword dodger, it is my turn. What is not to like about being at RAF Shawbury? We do not work on too many weekends, last minute taskings are unusual, the gym is amazing (big building over the road), Shropshire is better still than I ever imagined, and Shrewsbury has a superb variety of public houses and restaurants.

A very warm welcome to this edition of the Honington Herald. As I stand at my desk and type this foreword, it is early September and I can hardly believe how quickly the summer has flown past. With the children finally heading back to school and many of our personnel returning to work after some wellearned leave, it won’t be long until golden hues of autumn begin to settle over the Suffolk countryside and the nights draw in. The coming months for the Station are already looking very busy, so please continue to do what you excel at, make use of the all of facilities and support structures the Station has to offer and where you can volunteer to help enhance the fabric and ethos of the Station and our community, please do so.