the re-orientation to work alongside armoured forces is innovative
I'm struggling to see how it's "innovative" to use the aircraft in the role for which it was originally designed. And I had to chuckle after reading about the so-called "continuous readiness" model: it's basically what the RAF has always done! At the height of TELIC / HERRICK the Army-style "form cycle" was in vogue among some of the light blue leadership, but thankfully that's gone away now; indeed it seems that the AAC is now adopting an RAF-style operating model.