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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/cameron-defends-forces-jobs-cuts.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="David Cameron has defended the decision to make 11,000 redundancies in the armed forces" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/min-cameron-defends-forces-jobs-cuts.jpg" alt="David Cameron has defended the decision to make 11,000 redundancies in the armed forces"/></a></p>
<p>David Cameron has defended the decision to make 11,000 redundancies in the armed forces &#8211; potentially including some troops now on the front line in Afghanistan.</p>
<p>The Prime Minister conceded that axing around 5,000 personnel from the Army, 3,300 from the Navy and 2,700 from the RAF would be &#8220;difficult&#8221; for those affected.</p>
<p>But he insisted the losses were necessary to &#8220;modernise and update&#8221; Britain&#8217;s forces for future challenges.</p>
<p>Labour criticised the Government for announcing details of the cuts at the same time Mr Cameron has been suggesting the RAF could help enforce a no-fly zone over Libya.</p>
<p>Last autumn&#8217;s Strategic Defence and Security Review set out plans for reducing the size of the armed forces by 17,000 in total.</p>
<p>Some of that number will be met by not replacing people who were retiring or leaving for other reasons.</p>
<p>But defence officials disclosed that 11,000 personnel still face being redundant on a compulsory or voluntary basis.</p>
<p>The RAF became the first service to give details of its redundancy programme. The Army and Navy will spell out their approach over the coming weeks.</p>
<p>Some 1,020 RAF personnel will go in the first tranche, including up to 170 trainee pilots &#8211; but no qualified pilots. Up to 100 from the Weapons System Officers Branch and the same number from the Weapons System Operator Trade are under threat, along with 529 &#8220;ground tradesmen&#8221;.</p>
<p>A further 121 officers up to the rank of Air Commodore could go, and numbers of top brass will be reduced &#8211; but those departures will be handled outside the normal redundancy scheme.</p>
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