Originally Posted by
ORAC
Luftwaffe to equip all 163 of its Tranche 2,3,4 and EK @eurofighter (notwithstanding any outstanding Tornado replacement orders) with the new E-Scan radar, while the RAF is limiting itself to equipping just 40 Tranche 3 aircraft.
Ouch! Just 40?! Wow. In 10 -15 Years from now that will leave the RAF with a pretty small fleet of effective A2A Fighters. The others you can only use as bomb trucks against a sub- par opponent. Have MOD read the Newspaper lately?