Originally Posted by
DuckDodgers
You mean that leadership who believe synthetics are the holy grail and that the only live flying should be 'operational'? If only they had a 4th Gen Aggressor Sqn, oh wait, isn't that the one they're getting rid of?
I still cannot get over the supposedly clever and sharp RAF leadership not seeing that an 80/20 synthetic/live mix is a disaster. Well, I do understand because they’re just trying to make a name for themselves and are refusing to face reality, which is 80/20 is retarded. The amusing point is that the RAF followed the USAF down the road of synthetics and now the USAF understand this is not the solution it was expecting. Therefore, they’re buying up every piece of live red air on offer! What do the RAF leadership do, stubbornly refuse to listen and plough on regardless, because admitting failure or changing their mind isn’t in their lexicon.
Back to Red Air, the tatty ton are going soon and to be fair, they’re not really capable red air, they’re just bits of tin. The Biz Jets offer a great EA capability to train against which must continue, but there needs to be a fast jet red air capability mixed in with the Biz Jets and plenty of it. IX can’t provide all the red required and relying on sqns to provide their own is expensive.