Details of the court case to get them removed from Bruntingthorpe, It does not look good for them
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Comm/2021/88.html
One interesting point
During the calendar year 2019 Mr Steven made a number of visits to the Aerodrome with the US Navy in pursuance of the US Navy Contract. Mr Walton was fully aware of this and at no stage did he mention to Mr Steven that the Tristars had to be removed from the Aerodrome by the Fifth Defendant by any particular date. According to Mr Steven, the Sixth Defendant purchased the Tristars as an investment opportunity, not as scrap. Three of them were to be restored to service as mid-air refuellers, to provide additional “probe and drogue” aerial refuelling capacity to the US Navy and Marine Corps tactical aviation and for many NATO/allied aircraft which use this type of refuelling system.
In relation to the Assignment, the FAA register is publicly accessible, and Tristar Air submitted that the Claimants could at any time have checked that register to ascertain ownership. It was always the intention of Tristar Air to renovate three of the Tristars with the remaining three being cannibalised for spare parts. The time estimated to return the Tristars to service is six months.
In June 2018 Tristar Air placed a bid for a contract with the US Navy (the “US Navy Contract”) which was announced as being successful on 18 April 2019 and plans for the refurbishment began. However, after a legal challenge, the award of the contract was terminated on 7 August 2019, Tristar Air being told of this only on 7 November 2019. Tristar resubmitted their bid on 20 July 2020, however Mr Ghaffar informed me of recent developments, namely that the resubmitted bid was disqualified because one of their sub‑contractors submitted their documents one hour after the deadline. Their protest against disqualification was denied on 11 December 2020, but Tristar intends to appeal against that denial, the US Navy Contract having not yet been awarded.