What is the point of the direction this thread has taken?
In terms of manpower, the Army is the Senior Service.
In terms of ultimate firepower, the RN is.
In terms of air power in many theatres and many different roles, the RAF is.
In terms of chronology, it is a done deal, and has been so for 88 years.
What gets me, is in 1982 the chips were down. As a 13 year old schoolboy, I vividly remember the "hasty conversions" of liners to troopships. The TV news item with the shipyard fitter talking to his wife, having been tasked to fit a helipad to (IIRC) the Canberra: "I'll be home when the job is done". The reclaiming of Vulcan bits from scrapyards. The Waterloo station announcement "All members of 1 PARA are instructed to return to barracks immediately".
In my own military career, I didn't question the provenance of the RAF when they brought me home from Sarajevo. Neither did I disprespect the RN bloke insisting I salute the bell at HMS Gannet in civvies.
Get over yourselves chaps, and fight the politicians that deprive you of the tools to do the job. A job well done by all, within the contraints imposed.