You know it's amazing what you think you read when you're 3 sheets to the wind isn't it? Sorry. Further apologies to Widger, it's just that I'm a venusian and can't see past the end of my nose. But why would any self-respecting martian choose a monicker like widger?? A story perhaps??
As far as the job is concerned, certainly there is scope (no pun intended) for the IDO job to remain in it's current guise. But I would have thought that a rationalization (big word for me) of the weps side of the house was called for. Apart from a trg environment, the old days of 8 vs 20 are gone. I'm guessing that even your 8 vs 20 was talking about the whole strike package, muds, wild weasel, counter-air and dedicated jammers, rather than an actual 8 vs 20 turning fight? Yes keep enough weps guys to feed the E3 fleet but we do need to move away from the old Cold War thing.
As a bolt on to your idea though ADIS, when you lot move to Scampton and they close Kinloss, how about moving the ARCC, MCC and the 2 D&Ds in with you lot? Elements of the jobs require a lot of coordination between the agencies, save money long-term and you could have a proper UK airspace C2 centre? Military area radar will all but have ceased to exist by then, having gone to the civvies. Install area qualified controllers at certain airfields and you could provide a limited airways crossing service.
I think I'd better go and sit down, all that thinking has given me a sore head.