Jackinoko,
Do you know the various timescales?
Ie time of attack, first news leak, first press enquiry, first MOD release etc?
Fastest time to replace an asset in Afghanistan would be a number of hours - not many - but any obscurantism is no doubt intentional.
It would probably take as long to get the message back to the MOD press officer that everything was ops normal as it took to replace the jet in the first place.
If everything occurred in the space of a Monday to Friday then there is no case for bitching. If the event occurred last month or the month before then there is a clear case for the House Defence Committee to ask questions.