Originally Posted by
Evalu8ter
For UK PLC, post C130J retirement, we will have nothing between a CH-47 and A400M with the exception of a few shiny Falcon biz jets. That's a huge capability hole, and one entirely of our own political making. Surely, if this truly is our '1938 moment', and if we're asking questions about a 'war reserve' of T1 Typhoons, at least looking at extending Albert back to 2035 is a sensible hedge? Somebody tell me that the handful of Desk Officers in AIR not looking for the latest woke bandwagon to leap on to appease the Star Chamber are pulling together an Option as we speak to extend the C130?
GeRam while that is a laudable aim, hacking bits off the planned new network ( Leeds) to reduce costs does throw that advantage into question, and as far as 't norf, once past Crewe you are back to the old infrastructure and Manchester is more midlands than the North.... (Speaking as a Northern lad)