Abolishing the Royal Air Force would replace one coordination problem with competing Army and Navy priorities. The British Army's record with armoured and helicopter programmes is offered as one reason to avoid placing all land-based aviation under its control. The First World War provides another warning: the Royal Navy had to fight its own campaign while a separate air battle competed for attention and funding. An independent service preserves an advocate for air-power requirements, while procurement and operations still demand joint coordination.
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Why an independent Royal Air Force still matters
A separate air force gives air-power missions their own institutional advocate instead of forcing the Army or Navy to balance them against unrelated priorities.