Lj101, it doesn't really change my point of view. Should the campaign medal reflect the degree of contribution to the op, as I've suggested and as Surplus has explained regarding his SA medal, or should it be purely awarded for "being there?"
If you flew a tanker closer to "action" than an F3, do you think you should have a different award? Similarly, do you think a single VC10 in theatre every day contributes more than the entire RAF Reaper force, or do you think (as LJ and I do) that they should certainly be considered to have earned campaign medals?