IIRC, they did this before, right after WW1. They folded the FAA into the RAF. Of course, back then the UK had a "fleet" -- a big one! When aircraft carriers began to come into their own in the late Twenties, the FAA was reestablished.
Now there's hardly a "fleet" to speak of.
5 posted on 06/08/2009 8:56:31 AM PDT by Snickersnee
(Where are we going? And what's with this handbasket?)