Meanwhile a long article from an RN Wig of Big Admiral Sir John Woodward GBE KCB 'bout difference between FAA & crab ops:
The attitudes and opinions - almost completely derogatory - about RAF FJ crews are half the reason we have no cogent defence policy.
Old buggers who can't get past the loss of the Sea Harrier, still banging on about the Falklands.
Until the higher levels of the 3 services stop sniping at each other - and that is all of them - and move forward instead of harking back (a particularly Naval tradition) then the politicians will continue to muddle on, wondering why the 3 main proponents of Defence don't seem to be able to get along.