The next SDSR could bring more cuts for the RAF
Now we're not in Afghan we've got a fleet of nice C17's with not much to do in the UK, some nice shiny Airbus A330's that can pop to MPA occasionally and the C130J will be replaced by the FLA or whatever they've decided to name it (i forgot, it's been delayed that many times i thought i was never going to see it in service).
I can see either selling C17s / Atlas (i found it) as we have little use for all of them. We might have a few A330's at brize but most of them will be leased out for the holiday makers Med trips to make cash. Will we need all the Lighning II's we were supposed to order?
Less planes / Squadrons, about 25,000-27,000 personnel in a few 'super bases' (Brize, Lossie, Marham, Conningsby and a heli base (pick one) and that would be it. All training consolodated in one place to save even more.