Projecting Power
My career within the Fleet Air Arm involved Wessex Vs, which was great fun, and I wouldn't have missed it. The reason I never even got the opportunity to try and fly jets was thanks to a combination of Healey and the Air Farce. Healey was trying to cut the Defence budget, (and largely succeeding), the Air Farce moved Australia on the world map to show that a squadron of F111s could cover all of the globe at any time, from anywhere.
Not much changed except that at least Healey wasn't Scottish!
There's not much that can project power like a carrier.....(unless it's an SSBN!)....of course the V force proved itself at Stanley, didn't it...