Pompey Sailor shipmate,
I'm as 'joint' as the next man and to be honest more than most on this site.
However, my points re RFAs, fuel, ETA and host nation support were more aimed at the more rabid "Don’t Panic The Navy is Here!" comments from jimlad1
As usual we send a carrier because its the best unit for the job, despite there being an RAF base only a few hundred miles away. Yet more evidence as to why carriers are essential in the modern world.
Ain't it great- we can sit offshore and support, while the RAF is unable to land at the airport with its much vaunted 24/7 capability due to it being bombed. Red faces in Strike perchance?
P.S. How will the CVS fuel hop on station? It's a long way to Souda Bay
