Once heard the RAF described as "The only Third World Air Force which can't afford F-16s......."
Some truth in that. Funny how it's always our ME and RW assets which are needed most in Phoney Tony's bring-a-bottle wars. PR9s, Nimrods-without-pointy-tails, tankers, air transport - plus helicopters and C130s doing things for the chaps from a certain base near the Welsh border....
Plus some tac recce, of course. But it's the big boys who are called for first...... Although the RW chaps will be getting down and dirty long beforehand, just keeping schtum about it,