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It is certainly a happy coincidence that precisely those aircraft the Voyager can't refuel are the same aircraft that the RAF doesn't need to refuel. Serendipity indeed.
you must have been involved in the procurement of Voyager or a member of the AFB.
All of the aircraft that were named may require AAR to provide the flexibility for us, the United Kingdom, to have a military influence throughout the world. Indeed, even closer to home the P8 would be enhanced by the availability of AAR when required to extend their on station time.