Originally Posted by
GeeRam
And announced pretty much at the same time as its announced in the USA that Draken Int's contract for Red Air at Nellis is not being renewed after June this year.
So the statement on the RAF website of "This is the first such contract for medium to fast air capability placed in the UK, although a similar service is currently being delivered by Draken International to the United States Air Force." is technically correct at time of writing......but not by the time Draken's contract in the UK starts....
Are the two linked or has Draken's contract in the USA not been renewed for a reason(s) that might now make the MOD giving them the contract a bit questionable, when or if that reason ever comes to be known?
Answers on a postcard to the usual address.....
The US contract loss is because the US are starting to take some bits back in house.