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To be frank - NO!
The Red Arrows are not what the RAF are really about - you admit so yourself in your own post
Isn't that what the Red Arrows are for?
Unfortunately, the constant drip feed of news reports from Iraq and Afghanistan show us what the Forces are really about
Joe Public looks at the Red Arrows, admires the display of skill, then moves onto the next thing - there is little or no connection by the public between the Reds and operational matters.
As for the constant 'drip feed' - this is not the type of
PR you want. The Forces are working bloody hard doing the best of a sh
t job, but this, in the publics eyes, is an unpopular war, which was started under false pretences.
The troops out there are toiling away, whilst the politicians back here grab headlines due to ineptitude etc etc.
The Forces need positive spin, the
PR offices need to be proactive, IMHO