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Old 22nd Mar 2021, 18:59
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After I'd stopped sniggering about the Army CH-47s... And yes most of this repeats the above as I hadn't scrolled back far enough to see what has been posted since I started typing while reading

Reduced buy

Three E-7A by 2023 but E-3D gone by end 2021

To go
146 by 2022
Fat Albert by 2023
Typhoon Tranche 1 by 2025
Hawk T 1 by 2025


The Royal Air Force will retire equipment that has increasingly limited utility in the digital and future operating environment. This will include rationalising older fleets to improve efficiency, retiring Typhoon Tranche 1 by 2025, and Hawk T1. We will enhance the new military flying training system with further investment in synthetic training that will deliver more capable pilots more quickly and more efficiently. The Royal Air Force will retire the BAe146 as planned by 2022 and take the C130 Hercules out of service by 2023. The A400M Atlas force will increase its capacity and capability, operating alongside C-17 Globemaster and Voyager transport aircraft and tankers.
Weasely words, a stretch or a follow on buy? I can't find the 22 in the command paper.

https://assets.publishing.service.go...titive_age.pdf

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