when Portillo was defence minister in the 90s he only asked for a brochure on the F16 and F18 and suggested some RAF ranks could be merged
... on the rank question, both RN and RAF seem to be heading for about 35k bodies ....
...... which is about the same size as the Met. Now the Met, from PC to Commissioner has (I think) a total of about 9 ranks, while the RAF (from AC to 4*) has about 18!! and the RN about the same .... (never really understood RN non-commissioned ranks).
.... er .... why??
