Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy
"......what we're doing on behalf of the government."
Interesting comment. I thought that what the Armed Forces do is on behalf of the country, though at the behest of the Government. Am I being nit picking or is this a Freudian slip? I have no doubt that Sir Glenn fills each waking hour fulfilling the diktats of his political masters, but supposedly in the interests of his country. I wonder though....
As to being around for the next 90, given the rate of contraction one can almost follow the line down to zero. Perhaps Trenchard knew something that we don't when he spoke of a 100 year experiment!