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After all the reforms of the British Government in the military and all those cuts I read some interesting articles on the web stating that there is a plot by the Royal Air Force to absorb the whole Fleet Air Arm, with the Joint Force Harrier being only the first step. The article also implied how it would be better if instead of the FAA the RAF gets downsized, if not deleted altogether.

So here is an idea. Say it is the end of 2011 or the beginning of 2012 and the British Government states that after so many restructuring the whole structure of the British Armed Forces is no longer effective. So a major overhaul is needed and in place of the Land Command, Air Command and Fleet Headquarters two new unified commands are being formed: Home Command and Global Command (or call it whatever you like). Home Command absorbs the Territorial Army, Home Fleet, the air defence forces of the RAF... and has an AOR of the British isles and the waters between them and Iceland, Norway, the Netherlands and Spain.

Global Command commands the strategic deterrent force, the aircraft carriers, the forces abroad, including those in Germany, Gibraltar etc.

So how do you see such a structure in details, would it have any positive sides?
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