Good to see! Although :
Defence minister Lord Drayson said the MoD was buying five large aircraft.
"We are making long-term improvements to our airlift capability, adding a fifth C-17 to the four we are currently buying," he said.
does kinda make it sound like we don't already actually have 4 of them already.....
and:
"It called on the MoD to procure more C-17 large transport planes "given the current operational tempo".
They also said the MoD should look at increasing its A400M order, especially as three Hercules had been lost on operations recently."
does actually require more money.... large aircraft don't just grow on trees folks!