Originally Posted by
NutLoose
With the state of the RAF manning and aircraft wise, perhaps the Reds are a relic of a bygone age that should be allowed to disappear in its current format and be replaced with something more in keeping with the RAF of today.
They missed the opportunity to quietly let them slip into history during the pandemic.
I find it increasingly hard to see how they, in their current form, can still be justified in the current size and make up of the RAF, which has now only had one RAF organised airshow per year at Cosford for the last decade, since the demise of the Waddington show. Back in the heyday of the Reds when part of CFS, 9 Gnats or Hawks were only about a tenth (give or take) of the advanced jet training fleet, and now 9 Hawks are not far off a tenth of the front line fast jet fleets in size!! and not far off 50% of the current advanced jet training fleet.....
Its now all about giving a false impression to the public of an RAF that hasn't really existed for 25 years......