Gotta be said,....with every passing day, the dichotomy between the (imagined) purpose of the UK carriers and UK reality just grows and grows...
I doubt that they will ever operationally embark their full compliment of F35. What a waste of Mil budget. I wonder what the PM imagines she is getting from this? Just an easy target for imaginary "cost cutting" in the near term? I suspect that is the plan, most money has now been spent in UK before long term costs build up . F35 transferred to useful multi-role capability by RAF.
Sounds like an easy plan, after all, they have hardly wasted anything,...yet!
OAP