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Old 29th Mar 2021, 04:18
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Originally Posted by andrewn
And back on topic, I'm still struggling to square the circle that is the T1 fleet goes but the Reds stay...

How does that work? They're going to use an "orphan fleet" a la Snowbirds - that's not exactly worked out well as somebody else pointed out OR they get shiney new toys, but of what, how many and when?

Some quite fundamental questions that I don't think have been answered, unless I've missed it ?
Retire the T1s and keep the T1As for the Reds. With such a large stockpile of spares they will keep the latter going well into the 2030s, I suspect.
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