I agree that most of those wont be in the active fleet but there must be at least half of them.
And you have come to this conclusion HOW, southtw@t, given that you have no knowledge whatsoever about how our fleet operates?
Out of the total fleet, a proportion will always be at Marshalls for long term servicing or refits, some will be on shorter-term servicing at Lyneham, and some will be on rects, unserviceable post-task. This can make over 50% of your fleet unavailable for tasking. The remainder have to be divided between Ops, routes, TacAT training and exercises and essential Aircrew training (without qualified and current crew to fly the thing, a serviceable airframe is of no use - something which may have escaped your attention, southc*nt - hence why essential Aircrew Training has the highest priority of all, except Ops).
What you have left over is not very much at all. Hence the claim of "30 Hercs per day" is BOLLOCKS.
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