Originally Posted by
GeeRam
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?
Just seen a photo on another forum taken on 22 Nov showing Bruntingrhorpe still has 6 Tristars apparently intact...........