It can only be in the RAF that we retain so much attachment to out of date equipment! We are fighting on two fronts in conditions that have no respect for an aircraft that can not perform in "hot n high", surely we have a right as tax payers to expect our airships to spend our money on aircraft that can perform in the environment that is required. Yes the "jag" was a wonderful over the north German plain but time has moved on! Can we be radical and consider that a squadron of chinooks or other capable helicopter would be a better and more useful buy than two squadrons of typhoon. But what do I know! Answers on the back of a F252!