I will obviously take flak for this, but all these flying groups are so much waste of resources. The RAF, USAF & USN are there to fight wars; military bands, groups such as Red Arrows, T'Birds, Blue Thingys, etc, take money needed to wage effective war, and put them into bread and circuses. Too bad the mx, fuel, and salary resources hadn't been spent instead on providing body armour for those poor unfortunates killed in Southern Iraq; if the money was there, there is where it properly should have been spent, AND NOWHERE ELSE! For a change, I agree with Blair. Sam