At risk of being on topic....
Got to disagree with you LAL, flyovers and weekend events are absolutely the sort of thing we should be doing if we want to rescue our armed forces. Those 50,000 chavs all have the right to vote - it goes something like this:
Military turn up and put on good shows at public events, get good media coverage.
Media hype the heroes of the armed forces.
Chavs accidentally read about heroes while picking at their fish and chips.
Chavs start to take an interest.
Politicians take an interst in opinion of the great unwashed, jump on military heroes band wagon.
Government wants 50,000 chav votes to stay in power so increases military spending.
We could look to the 'heroes of America' in this respect.