Originally Posted by
dctyke
I don’t think we have any “war reserve” fast jets these days. Nearest thing would be the Jaguar training airframes at Cosford.
As other have said, the only way any of the Jags at Cosford will get airborne again would be if they were attached with a sling to a crane.
The GR1's are basically shells with only the bare minimum hyd / elec systems that can be powered up...
The GR1's that arrived from Cranwell would be in better condition overall, but they stopped running / taxiing when a little engine problem arose...followed by the not so little matter of the costs to rectify it.
The GR3's, well maybe, and it's a
very big maybe, you could possibly get two
just about airworthy, and even then only after extensive and costly work.
You can't blame Zelensky for trying and asking, and Sunak's response was only to be expected, but, the reality must be the UK can't supply the airframes because we don't have them available.