The Demise Of Britain's Once Proud Air Force

Harrier GR9 aircraft leave the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal for the last time off Newcastle Photo: REUTERS

RAF Commander: Our Air Force Will Be Little Better Than Belgium’s -- The Telegraph

The head of the RAF’s fighter and bomber force has said that drastic cuts in the Government’s defence review “worry the hell out of me” and would leave the Air Force only “slightly above Belgium” in squadron numbers.

Air Vice-Marshal Greg Bagwell, commander of the RAF’s No 1 Group, which controls all Britain’s fast jet combat aircraft, said that Britain was likely to end up with only six fighter and bomber squadrons, half its current number.

He warned: “That might not be quite enough.”

Air Vice-Marshal Bagwell’s remarks, in a briefing last week to Defense News, a trade journal, are among the most outspoken by any senior RAF commander.

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