Squadron Numbers
In the dim and distant past when a low numbered squadron disbanded it never had long to wait till it reformed in a similiar role with a posh new aircraft type. Sadly that will not be the case anymore and in the future (post Stan Tornado draw-down) it is only going to get worse. Surely the Royal Air Force will not go any length of time without a No 1 (f) Sqn?. Who is going to lose, who will gain? Maybe there is a case for just renumbering all of what we have from one upwards, if nothing else it would certainly show joe public and the world how little we have left! I realise everybody is going to be up in arms protecting ‘their’ squadron number from the chop however there are going to be many good squadrons going to the wall soon, some of them too good to lose forever.....or are they?
Ps, in my case I ‘demand’ 1(f), XV, 45 & 58 (damn that owl looked good)