Originally Posted by
Asturias56
"but what has happened between the decision to keep the C130 until 2035, the decision to order additional Atlas to replace the Hercules which has been receded & now?"
Events , dear boy, events................. they can't afford to keep them
What
was the big event that happened that caused all of the big promises of SDSR 2015 (retaining T1 Typhoons, C-130 OSD extended, E-3 OSD extended, Sentinel OSD extended, commitment to 138 F-35s, etc) to all be reversed as unaffordable just a few short years later? Clue, it wasn't Covid, Ukraine, or the 'energy crisis'.