Sigh... they even include a picture of a Tristar at Brize in the article, still the flying demo of the ermmmmm "Backflip loops" isn't bad.
In Parliament this week Mark Francois, a former Defence Minister, said: “We have paid £2.6 billion for an aircraft with appalling reliability, bad engines, a virtually broken gearbox, problem propellers, massive vibration problems and an inability to deliver paratroops.”
I assume that's why Tom Cruise hung onto the arse end as they couldn't drop him
Concerns have been raised over the new aircraft since its inception in 2003. A recent Defence Select Committee was told that engineering staff at RAF Brize Norton called the aircraft “a dog” and that on occasion only two out of the fleet of 20 aircraft were serviceable.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknew...und/ar-AAE8ENt