Well with all these cuts in cover, I do hope the Forces are paying a whole lot less..........it was only three years ago that Forces that I worked with could get around 500 hours of EFFECTIVE air support for around £1/2 m. Now for a similar price they get naff all.
Fixed wing will be a total waste of time in the weather we had last night when I was out. There will be day after when weather effects ops in some way or another and short of using Typhoons the transit times will be too long to be effective to dynamic jobs, like the 100 mph pursuit my team and I had through 3 Forces the other week where the nearest aircraft never got there due to distance to travel......
Don't get me wrong, NPAS had to happen in some way shape or form, however in three years one of the worlds most effective air support provision with national coverage has been destroyed......