High Cirrus
Perhaps 16 AAB has been selected because they are the tip of the spear and they may be about to be thrown into the eye of the storm. The mission does not appear to be clearly defined (according to unnamed General in the Sunday Telegraph) and 16 AAB can cope with missions from fighting to handing out leaflets.
There are many valid viewpoints, but whatever happens it is those in uniform who have to make it all work.