[Devils Advocate mode on]
With all this 'jointery' and with the old purple creeping in does the Army and the Navy still need its own aircraft fleets?
Wouldn't it be better for the Army to concentrate on the land, the RN to concentrate on sailing boats and the RAF with flying planes?
The RAF have been flying Harrier's off RN boats for a while now and the RAF have been flying squaddies around for a lot longer. I'm surprised in these days of severe belt tightening that more civil servants aren't asking these sorts of questions. I know its been mentioned before but that was when there was less purple
Of course I'm just playing Devils Advocate on this one.