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Old 19th Nov 2020, 14:28
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Originally Posted by SLXOwft
What happened to the 12 unconverted airframes? Pre-Covid were the RN still strugling with aircrew retention like five years ago?
Four deregistered and in various locations (inc 2 at Yeovil apparently), plus eight in xmas-tree state in a Boscombe Down hangar. More trouble to rebuild rather than fix the systemic issues with new builds..
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