So, rather than use the 3 largely new (wings, engines, etc) Nimrod MRA4 prototype airframes PA1, PA2 and PA3, which become redundant shortly, and which would have not a little compatability with the 8 in-service MRA4 airframes, we are to take older than Nimrod R1, KC135, not RC135, airframes from the desert, send them somewhere for conversion taking several years, then deliver them to to UK for 2 or 3 more years messing around, before release them to service, maybe, as oddball aircraft ? And meantime the conversion jobs are exported to the USA. That all seem very clever. Might be understandable if we were taking off the shelf RC135s, but beyond my comprehension taking KC135s and converting them.
