Sadly I tend to agree, it's sort of another nail in their coffin, we do not really build many Hawks for oversees sales these days, so they really are no longer a sales ambassadors for that product.
Coupled with the changes in the Airshow circuit with more and more shows being cancelled and the front line force being decimated on cost grounds, one does wonder how long they can justify their existence on a diminishing budget.
One does wonder if the political fallout of disbanding them is one reason they still exist, if a choice came down to the Reds or the BBMF, one thinks the BBMF would be the survivor, though the RNHF has shown that they can operate as an independent team, free from the military purse strings, so possibly the BBMF could do the same.