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Old 22nd Mar 2021, 17:58
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Originally Posted by RAFEngO74to09
Command Paper details:
F-35B commit to buy 48
E-3D to be replaced by 3 x E-7 in 2023 to be based at Lossiemouth
Retire C-130J in 2023
A400M fleet to be 22
Protector by 2024
GBP2B for FCAS + UCAV
Upgrade Typhoon radar + introduce SPEAR Cap 3 missile
+ retirement of Typhoon tranche 1 by 2025, and Hawk T1.

I'm really struggling to see where the good news is in this, but maybe that's just me,
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