The Red Arrows are certainly the public face of the RAF to the general public but just what value they bring I'm not sure I could say, as one of the public. I'm sure if the Red Arrows did get chopped then the tabloids would be full of stories about money being wasted on elementary Thai cooking lessons for single mothers or whatever the latest PC need for money is.
Just a thought, what would be the outcome if the Red Arrows annual budget got put into the BBMF pot instead?