Originally Posted by
RandomBlah
Perhaps because UK P-8A have not reached IOC yet (as planned) and therefore have not declared a capability for operational use?
The Poseidon achieved IOC on the 1st April , an unfortunate date , with the news appearing on the RAF Homepage ;
"We’ve just declared an initial operating capability for our Poseidon aircraft, on time on 1st April 2020. It’s a really exciting time for us in this programme, which is moving fast and the team at RAF Lossiemouth has delivered some great results in very quick time. We’ve still got a long way to go with introducing this next generation capability into Service, but Poseidon is a game-changer, not just for hunting submarines but for a range of other roles from anti-ship warfare, maritime reconnaissance and long-range search and rescue tasks."
Link here ;
https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles...ng-capability/
I can understand the mention of both 120 and 201 Squadrons but what is the connection with 54 Squadron which is an ISTAR unit at Waddington ?