Keeping 75 squadrons of fighters, mainly to conduct ineffective offensive operations from Britain during 1941, was also questionable while Malta and Singapore were only defended by older, obsolete types of aircraft.
At beholde 75 eskadriller, hvoraf mange skulle udføre offensive operationer fra Storbritannien i 1941, var også en tvivlsom beslutning, når Malta og Singapore kun blev forsvaret med ældre og forældede flytyper.