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So what exactly did Gp Capt Kessell accept.....??
That BAE "spin" that you refer to are the same words that are coming out of the mouths of RAF senior management on the project....
As of Wed 10 Mar PA04 is an RAF aircraft. I agree there was no great event with CAS being formally handed the F700, against a backdrop of the aircraft in a hangar, dry ice clouds everywhere and suitable music - maybe a deliberately low profile given the history of the project, but it happened.
I think you are well out of the loop mate, and eventually you will have to accept it!!!