Originally Posted by
OvertHawk
Since when has the RAF's role been to be a
PR tool!?!?
Not the role but it has been part of the role since the days of the RNAS and RFC. A lot of brave men lost their lives on ops that were of marginal military importance, but seen by poiticians as essential to national morale, or (IMO) by VSOs as needed to ensure the preservation of the service.