What did they do with the 5 MR2s which were cut 4 or 5 years ago? Did they send the best frames to MRA4 or the worst to the scrap man? From 46 original aircraft there are only 15 left, it seems the best airframes got chopped up (AEW3), I hope they learned the lesson and didn't take the best for MRA4, especially if they were being completely rebuilt.
http://www.targetlock.org.uk/nimrod/production.html
Oh, BTW I agree it would be nice to see a gate guard at Kinloss.