I wondered if callsign OMEN47 signalled the end, preceded by JDGMT24. Shortly after a pair of USAF -
Js followed by a USN KC-130J left the former RAF Rhoose.
Originally Posted by
Brain Potter
Does the absurdity of the UK retiring an aircraft type that is still in production and being delivered to similar air forces have any precedent?
Originally Posted by
Asturias56
In the far past the RAF used to keep aircraft flying for years that should have been replaced
Now they can't even afford to keep the ones they've got
Also given a history of buying UK aircraft with few overseas sales (except a few like Canberra, Hunter, Hawk) as well as flogging them to death it's difficult to think of any. Could argue Sabre, and at a stretch Andover C (another useful AT disposed of early) and even Merlin (don't think many were sad to see it go to the CHF though
).