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The light combat aircraft meant to replace it was conceived of in 1981, first flew in 2001 and, even now, decades later, only two squadrons are operational.

An MoD spokesperson said the programme was within its "approved budget" and there would be two full squadrons of F-35s ready for deployment by the end of the year.

Sharing the charts with a squadron of soundalikes hasn’t steered his new work in a less bitter direction.

The operator was "notorious in the squadron, he genuinely seemed like a psychopath," the former colleague added.

Mannsverk had been a Royal Norwegian Air Force squadron leader with deployments to Afghanistan and Libya, meaning he had plenty of experience of developing mental resilience.