...hearing Army and RN officers pontificate on air power convinced him that forming a separate service was, in fact, absolutely the right thing to do...
The great man was right all along.
...senior officers get promoted to Air Rank/Major General/R Adm we start to see their colours changing.
That's because they get all misty-eyed when they see the light at the end of the tunnel,
viz a seat in the House of Lords.
