BEags
A nice thought, but, the majority of 'airships' at the top these days are wokka types with only a recent operational background in the North West Frontier!
The fall from grace of the Fast Jet jockey since we went back to the sandpit after '91 has been damaging top-end capability ever since we let a kipper mate in to run 11Gp.
In recent years, FJs have not been 'sexy' in the eyes of military.
IMHO, of course...
The B Word