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How about the

"switch to the STOVL variant of JCA"

"achieve Lightning II IOC for land-based operations"

"achieve Lightning II IOC for maritime based operations"

All within the RAF section of the document. Is that enough to make you weep ?

Sad but where else would it be? Its an RAF aircraft that will be flown by RN and RAF aircrew.

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Ignoring the flimsy nature of the document, crassness of the decisions and the large number of mgtspk w@nk words, I saw this:

18 FE GR4s in 2015

2 Sqns? Thought that the whole 40 had survived to 2018?

S41

'Force elements' (FE) are the aircraft required to sustain ongoing operations plus a number held in readiness to deploy in the event of a crisis.

1 FE does not equal 1 aircraft, and so 18 FEs does not equal 2 squadrons of aircraft.

As it currently takes 108 GR.4 aircraft to sustain 40 FEs, the reduction to 18 FEs indicates a drawdown in the total fleet size to 49 aircraft.

Ok, if it is FE@R, then understood.

Thanks,

S41