Agree with all the sentiments - RAF has big rep for doing more with less - although admiration of other Forces sometimes turns more into bemusement and doubts over our sanity/wisdom!
But there's more than one way to flog a willing horse - we do the same to the aircraft. Helo's and - love it or hate it - C-17 deliver the goods but are piling on the hours fast. Seems in today's RAF reliable high performance is increasingly a cause for self-inflicted injury!