Getting Typhoon to Kandy is one thing, but it doesn't solve the valid points that Orca makes about the way the RN/FAA is currently set up and the seeming lack of progress in getting ready to do large-scale ops vs the current handful of jets on a CVS.There is no reason why CVF could not host a CAOC - at least for a smaller theatre. The vast majority of the infrastructure (comms, accommodation, intel & planning space etc) is already there aboard ship. The thing that is missing is trained bodies to man it (no reason why they shouldn't be light blue), which ties into a wider FAA malaise where with no higher career path (although there used to be) - it's difficult to get much beyond a squadron command or Wings before banging out.