"In a statement last week, the MoD said that over the past two years, cash spent on Nimrod maintenance went up by 50 per cent to £3million per aircraft per year."
Nice bit of MOD smoke and mirrors this claim. We have significantly reduced the number of aircraft available to the frontline over the last couple of years (not forgetting the disbandment of 206 Sqn and the majority of it's crews). However, the core costs have remained static, ergo they can 'claim' we are spending more on the maintenance of each aircraft when that is complete tosh!
