Originally Posted by
SLXOwft
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.
The preservation of the service is what I'm worried about - i simply think that those people and pounds could be better spent making sure that we've got an operational air force.