MACr nets the double

RIVET JOINT veteran MAcr Paul Gallagher has been awarded a rare second clasp to his Long Service and Good Conduct medal to mark 35 years of RAF service.

Since re-mustering as noncommissioned aircrew in 1998, he has held almost every role in his field – from frontline operator to instructor.

Currently assigned to the 645th Aeronautical Systems Sqn as a Rivet Joint mission system project engineer, MAcr Gallagher enlisted in 1987 as an Aerospace Systems Operator and spent more than 10 years in the trade.

Over the last 24 years he has amassed more than 4,000 hours on ISTAR aircraft, serving in Iraq, Afghanistan and current operations against Daesh in the Middle East.

He was presented with the clasp by 645th AESS Commander Lt Col James Slayton USAF.