Hi, read the thread with interest. As one who left military aviation a long time ago (wessex V were still on coastal sar duty) and is now involved in risk management in in civil air ops, I have long been mystified at the future plans for the AT fleet and Brize. I join those who are happy no serious injury or worse occured in the accident, but in a world where the military is comitted so far and wide making transport a high priority, where government tells us of great threats facing the country, I can not for the life of me see any sense in this decision. I can only hope that the flaws do not come home to roost.