British forces face training cuts; fuel bill soars

According to The Times newspaper, Air Chief Marshal Sir Glen Torpy, Chief of the Air Staff, told senior members of the defence industry last week that RAF pilots would do more training in simulators this year because of the budget cut.  

He is understood to want to link simulators in cyberspace so that pilots can take part in "virtual" missions since "real-life" exercises were becoming unsustainable because of the cost of deploying aircraft, the British daily said.  

 

The cost of fuelling British military is due to rise by more than