Originally Posted by
OvertHawk
MG
Are you sure it was NPAS and not DHFS from Shawbury? They have 145s and 135s (Jupiter and Juno to use their mil names) in similar colour schemes to NPAS and are more likely to be doing formation flying.
OH
on recent performance those two aircraft might represent the total NPAS availability on some days.
you can rebuild the systems in a fifteen year old airframe but that does not resolve the maintenance issues! Availability has been challenging.