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I agree. Too many reorganisations with entire functions omitted under the new one. The example I used (Chinook Mk3), we were sitting reading the report when the man they said couldn't be identified walked past! Anyone at a squadron should be personally involved in the identification of capability gaps. The CO, senior pilot, engineer, observer (delete as appropriate) then attends the Service-led committee that categorises the (mainly) constraints. The minutes are DEC's action plan for the following year. It's not difficult, but as you say entirely possible nobody bothers nowadays. But not bothering is quite different from the existence of a robust process, and it would seem Chilcot was misled. I suspect MoD didn't say anything, because the truth is infinitely worse.