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What happened to the proposed sale of these aircraft to an American company which was to operate them as tankers. ?
Tempus Applied Solutions completed acquisition of the following 6 aircraft earlier in the year - announced March 12, 2018:
https://www.tempus-as.com/media-press-release-L1011.php
RAF KC1 - Lockheed MSN 1157 - RAF ZD948 - FAA N304CS
RAF KC1 - Lockheed MSN 1164 - RAF ZD950 - FAA N405CS
RAF KC1 - Lockheed MSN 1165 - RAF ZD951 - FAA N309CS
RAF KC1 - Lockheed MSN 1174 - RAF ZD953 - FAA N705CS
RAF C2 - Lockheed MSN 1186 - RAF ZE704 - FAA N507CS
RAF C2 - Lockheed MSN 1188 - RAF ZE705 - FAA N703CS
Tempus already has a number of DoD contracts for "special mission" aircraft:
https://www.tempus-as.com/fly-bespoke-services.php They currently plan to use 3 of the Tristars as tanker / transports and 3 as spares sources.
The company submitted a bid for a DoD contract in late-June 2018 and if successful it should be announced by end-September. I don't know what the nature of the bid was - I presume it was to provide additional services over and above those provided by Omega which only has one DC10-40 and 2 x B707-320 in its fleet.