Unchecked,
I am not in the Navy, so am not aware of their game-plan. My views on the RAF come from their behaviour, the nature of recent PQs, their performance at HCDC hearings and utterances of senior officers at things like Air Power conferences (and the views of more junior air officers who are fed up with the attitude of their bosses).
I do find it intriguing that the one document not revealed to the NAO on the recent carrier strike investigation was the record of the meeting between the then CDS (RAF) and the PM in the final seconds of SDSR re Harrier and Ark Royal when this was not the recommendation (according to the NAO) of the Defence Board....but this is thread drift.