After getting stern looks for giggling at my desk, I can only say that people have been asking this question for years, "RAF...what are they for"?
The best comment on the RAF I've heard is below, from the Telegraph in 2006:
Major James Loden, of 3 Para, based in battle-torn Helmand province, said more resources were "desperately" needed. He claimed that the RAF had been "utterly, utterly useless" at protecting British troops.
I've also heard them referred to as "the 100 year experiment" in the belief that by 1st April 2018 it'll be realised that tactical air support belongs to the Army and Strategic air to the Navy.
Sorry, thread diversion, back to work.
Ian H
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