Hobie
The BBC broadcast I heard refrred to "an Army spokesman" in the context of the wing structure of various marks. Now that inspires confidence!
In The Times last week there was a picture of the Hercules at Basra loading the coffins of those who died in the Hercules crash. The caption referred to the "ten soldiers who died". This following an article soon after the crash referring to "No 47 Air Despatch Sqn of the Royal Logistics Corps" or some such crap.
I think the trouble may be that the services have lost their single-service
PR staff at MOD, and it is all done now by Purple People, who would not recognise an airman if he booted them up the bum. And the press are notorious for employing defence correspondents who know nothing of military aviation.