Originally Posted by
melmothtw
You'd have to imagine that at some point they're going to be needing to train new pilots from scratch.
Yes but that requires having a system like in WW2 where people are trained as part of an ongoing process that coincides with armaments production.
What worries me is that we (UK) don't seem in any hurry to open up armament factories. By supplying Ukraine we are to some extent depleting our own capability.