It would be ironic if RAF protection were handed back to the Army.
The Rocks were formed during WW2 because the Army would/could not do that job.
It goes against the grain to be nice to the Rocks; our battles on 208 against the local Rock squadron at Abu Sueir left scars! Nevertheless, they are a highly professional bunch because they are led by highly professional officers who are not there for the social éclat and do not leave all the management to the NCOs. The origins of their ethos go back to the influx of ex-Indian Army officers into the Regt after Indian independence in 1947. And anyone who knows anything about the British Army will recognise that the best officers professionally, and the cream of the pre-war Sandhurst output, went to India - where they did not need to ponce around the London season.
The best staff officers at the Officers Advanced Training School, Bircham newton, when I did the course in 1953, were ex-Indian Army rocks - including the Commandant.