I know that it's nothing like the risk faced by our troops in the desert $hitholes of today, but the last time I was in Incirlik the Americans were frankly appalled at the abysmal lack of kit we had for our aircrew.
Their assessment of our survival kit was that they it was the equivalent of the equipment they went to war in Vietnam with nearly 40 years previously.
Best trained, worst equipped. British forces throughout history. And it simply isn't good enough; Greedy Gordon 'Incapability' Brown needs to put his money where his quivering mouth is.