Perhaps an interesting time to start the following debate:
How many controls or hours of support do the land forces need in their work up to Herrick? how many will they now get?
Given that in slack handfuls the air component has never filled all these CAS VULs, to which you can add JFACTSU and SF tasking, what is the plan to replace the harrier contribution which was running far higher than the 30% 'fair share' (Harrier 18 Fear, Tornado 40 - but with the boys deployed) or so of the task at times?
I am not for one second saying keep the harrier. I'm living in the now, I just wonder if the full implications have been appreciated and mitigated against.