Originally Posted by
Mil-26Man
This is the only 'fuss' I can find, but most of it is behind a pay wall so can't see much of the detail unfortunately
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/n...ours-remaining
Has it become significantly less serviceable in the 6 years since it was decided to retain them through to 2040? I recall everyone lauding that decision at the SDSR15, saying it would take the strain of the T2/3 fleets will still providing a top-level QRA and air defence capability (not to mention the Aggressor training plans for the fleet). Now, just a few years later it now transpires that the earlier decision was flawed and that the T1 fleet is a basket case? I don't buy it.
You don’t have to buy it if you don’t want to. I’d be interested to hear your experience of it rather than reading newspaper clippings.