Originally Posted by
sprucemoose
...... BTW, Drayson said last week in the Lords: "our intention is to bring the future strategic tanker aircraft into service at the end of the decade"; how's that for optimism?
It's actually not very optimistic at all; I bet it could be brought into service for Air Transport duties very quickly! Now, had he said, "...into
AAR service at the end of the decade", then I would be more happy.