BEagle,
What a lovely airshow Air Force we had! And just a year later most of it was gone, and for good reason.There was precious little for the fleets of Hunters and Javelins to do. They were defending against an almost non existent threat. The Russian manned bomber force barely existed and was being run down quickly and severely. The main threat to the UK was from the large force of MRBM's and future ICBM's and SLBM's, a threat to which there was no answer, certainly of a defensive type, the Hunters and Javelins were totally and completely ineffective against them, the main defence being the building V Force. Fighter Command was no longer responsible for defending the UK from air attack, it was purely responsible for defending the V and Thor force and letting it get off the ground, even the about to be introduced Bloodhound SAGW force was positioned entirely to defend the deterrent for a few hours.
The Tory 1957 Defence cuts removed the conventional element of RAFG and all that was left were nuclear Canberras and 2 Hunter FR10 squadrons of 9 a/c a piece, and a small AD force for our national Germany/Berlin air policing commitment.
So all the Hunters and Venoms in Germany went too, leaving a tiny RAFG and a tiny Fighter Command.