Mostly be done in the future like what is happening in hospitals I reckon. The MoD don't want to pay full time staff with salaries and pensions to aim for so they'll just do it like they hire cleaners and nurses in the NHS.
No doubt some consultant or other has told them what to do so in future it will be
- Lease ac from the cheapest source
- Hire RAFVR aircrew on one-off contracts
- Buy fuel from Tesco
- get ammo as part of some multi-activity contract with Uni-part
- Chuck all the holiday traffic out of which ever airport is the cheapest to operate, and then use their strips.
End of story
MTB