why would it take 3 days???
Of course the MOD has aircraft just sat around waiting to bring people home at the drop of a hat.
get a grip
The bloke was "in country" so had to get him out of there, then to a suitable air head to get the flight back and that all takes time, thats before taking in to account the flight time home, have a think mate its not as if he is walking in to LHR and buying a ticket on BA!!!!!!
Some good coverage for Brize and 216 Sqn, a couple of hrs late on the schedule time pretty good, its called flexibilty!!! Think the BBC put the late arrival down to Aeromed.