Leon,
Either you are right or CAS is and my vote is with CAS. The only thing that air forces really do in an independent way is control of the air. But control of the air doesn't win the war it is an enabling function for land or maritime forces to complete the "winning" of the battle - controlling the land or sea space. Firing a storm shadow is an enabling function to further action. Re the FAA and AAC, ownership of tactical air power is probably best left to the arm that "owns and understands" the domain. If you enter this argument too deeply you will lose assets to the FAA and AAC not gain them for the RAF.
Listen to CAS he really does know best.
As for wearing flying ovies when not flying/in the flying environment, you chaps really need to realise how silly you look and how much people are laughing behind your backs. It might make RAF aircrew feel superior to their non-flying colleagues but they think you look like
pr*ts!