And not wishing to depress those who were hoping to become FJ pilots (and Nav... sorry, WSOs) - re: the threads of a few weeks back about Linton:
...When standing quick reaction alert tasks are taken into account this translates into a front line force of 55 crews, compared to about 80 crews at present. This will allow the disbandment of XI(F) Tornado F3 squadron in October
2.22 The overall reduction in the number of fast jet aircrew required will reduce requirements for fast jet training and the number of training aircraft. We remain committed to the procurement of the Hawk 128. Final numbers, beyond the initial 20, will be determined over the next year.
So I think we can guess that, unless Two Jags kicks up a very large fuss indeed, the Hawk 128 order will be chopped substantially as well. Makes all the remarks about how 'good' things were for defence and that to claim that there were 'defence cuts' was all rather silly.