It is the norm and quite acceptable that highly trained professionals, often recently retired from our Armed Forces, provide on-site assistance and training to our accredited Allies. In the case of military aviators and air engineers, these services are usually…
One of the serious problems that we have with Whitehall is that, quite often, Ministers and Civil Servants are often appointed to run Ministries without any expertise or experience relating to that Ministry. It is akin to stuffing a square…
Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Wigston’s comments to Sky News, attempting to defend the indefensible Woke policies that he is championing within the Royal Air Force, are full of misinformation. These comments and progressive policies do not reflect any intent…
The derisive comment by Air Chief Marshal Sir William Wratten in the Telegraph on 1 September, 2022 concerning Admiral Lord West’s article, “In Defence of Carriers”, deserves some detailed analysis. (“sir – Admiral Lord West doth protest too much, methinks.”)…
It has been a common refrain in recent years, sometimes on the letters page of this paper, that Britain’s aircraft carriers are an expensive error. Their detractors argue that they are too expensive, vulnerable to new forms of warfare –…