Hangarshuffle,
I'm sorry, I sometimes find it hard to follow the thrust of your posts, especially when you just construct a string of six rhetorical questions. I also wasn't sure which article your link was supposed to be sending me to. But I can tell you this: Ops are not winding down, because the Government has not ordered that.
In response to your point about utilisation of UK air assets, they can only strike targets when they are identified and tasked as such following a rigorous process. You would be one of the first to shout 'foul' if the RAF were to hit something that was not a legitimate target.