Sorry to interject here. Leaving aside the inter-service rivalry bit etc, it would seem that, yet again, the opportunity to offer Joe public some positive RAF
PR has been missed---or ignored as the case may be.
This weeks Flight Int ( p24) has a small article and a very nice pic of said meet---but sod all about 230's result or a shot of the a/c involved.
Now it takes very little ability to write a small piece about NATO co-operation, competition, highest professional standards etc and put a positive spin on the award----but not even a mention in a trade journal as it were rather speaks volumes for whoever is responsible for
PR for the RAF does it not ?.
There have been plenty of justified complaints on here about how the public know very little about what the RAF do and achieves--with good reason it seems if nobody has the basic common sense to get it into print in the first place.
"Gizza job !"