Are'nt we rather missing the point here? So the Navy say they have had more air-to-air kills than the RAF - so what - how many bombs have they dropped? But this is not the point. Air power covers all 3 Services - it's about getting the job done. Inter Service rivalry is great (but in public???)
Having read the GQ article, I think that the Navy have done themselves a disservice. It comes across as though the Navy is backward and behind the times. We don't want women,-...gays...- etc. I'm not sure the Navy recruiters will have been happy with article.
I know it is easy to get into to the tactical weeds and start a "I said this..." and "you said that..." pissing contest but the issue is much bigger than that.
A final point point....would the RAF have been happy if GQ had printed an article about an RAF sqn or stn along similar lines???
