It's funny,
the man who wants to take on the air assets of all 3 services (CAS) visited HERRICK last year. He visited all the RAF detachments with the exception of one....1310 Flt.
It shows how far up his list of priorities RW is. I'm not in favour of a single air entity, the AAC adds a great deal to the party and I would hate to see them disbanded, absorbed or watered down.
The FAA also adds a great deal, but their survival instinct (possibly well tuned) has lead them down a path of endless
PR and Spin which culminates in the kind of claims made about Al Faw, which Evalu8tor and Stitch Bitch have addressed well.
If you want a fight, keep your powder dry. The 'typhoon in a teacup' caused by CAS will quickly blow itself out. The 'dark forces' in government who have caused this backbiting through starvation of funds will still be there.
They, it seems, are the supreme justification of NGS.