Originally Posted by
Mogwi
I am reliably informed that the decision to chop Harrier vice Tornado was made by CAS only 3 days before the anouncement.
That is my understanding as well. Indeed my colleagues at Marham and Cott told me that "rumour control" was briefing that the Tonka fleet would be axed up until the friday afternoon. On the Sunday the press briefed leaks that the Harrier and Nimrod fleets were toast, and the official announcement to Parliament the following week confirmed the Harrier version, and the rest is history.
PDR