TR - To be entirely accurate, "operational" in this case means one squadron of interim-standard aircraft, primarily capable of fixed- or relocatable-target attack and ill-equipped either for the operator's primary mission (CAS - no gun, 500/1000 lb bomb only, no Rover) or for counter-air (no gun, 2 x AMRAAM only, transonic).
That's if they make 2015, which is increasingly in doubt as the latest "one-off problem" (
) drags on.