Historically speaking one can say that the corporate RN view is that aircraft, fixed wing and rotary, are additional weapons and sensors contributing to a task group's fighting ability. Each vessel is a platform with weapons systems fulfiling a specialist role in the TG. Even in the days of sail there were ships with specific roles e.g. frigates and bomb ketches. The carriers are multi-role platforms which can be fitted with different weapons (and balance thereof) to suit their principal current role. Currently a preponderance of fixed wing over rotary on HMSQNLZ but it could be the other way round if she was operating in a 'Commando Carrier' role in which case the ships comprising the TG would probably differ too.
As this is an aviation forum perhaps a tendancy to see the FJs as the primary weapon platform is understandable. For a landbased airforce everything is naturally centred on the aircraft.
I trust that in these purple days that aircrew and 'those who support the flying and maintain the equipment' are trained to cope well with swapping between these two paradigms.
Just my views of course.
Last edited by SLXOwft; 7th Oct 2020 at 17:55.
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