Originally Posted by
NutLoose
Simple, because they bought the A400, that isn’t big enough to carry out the C17’s role, nor small enough to carry out the C130’s role, it’s sort of a bit of an anomaly, the US seems to get on without anything in between the Herc and C17 aircraft
Yep.
Excellent reason for the buy right there in yer thread starter article:
“…Australia will have no difficulty absorbing these articles and services into its armed forces…”