Originally Posted by
throwaway1
Obviously in Mobility utopia we'd bin off A400M, buy more C-17s from the re-activated factory, and have MC-130Js like the Americans. Jagger said something about getting what you want.
C-17 was originally leased as a stop gap because A400 was late...........
C-17 proved to be so good, we bought them at end of these and bought some more before the line closed.
So, why didn't we bin all the A400 order then and order a few extra C-17 before they shut down the line, and order some new J's....seems to be the question.
Now we seem to be ditching the one true Tac asset and keeping two Strat.
I suppose the C-17's will be shagged out soon anyway and we'll be left with just A400M?