Isn't this he forum where pople have often called for the tail (anyone not actually flying) in this air force to be thinned considerable to enable more of the resources to be directed to the more pointy end. Well it looks like people listened and delivered:
Lean has cut engineers (well non-commissioned ones anyway)
HQ staffs have been cut
JPA has cut the number of blunties
PAYD has reduced the number of blunties by handing over functions to contractors - son of PAYD will extend this even further
the list goes on...
The only problem is that the total amount of resources has reduced. So although a greater percentage is now going to the front line - it is a greater percentage of a smaller pot.
Be very careful what you ask for, you just might get it!