Originally Posted by
Squirrel 41
Do you have any evidence for this? IF . . . the contract runs through to termination . . . I suspect the MoD would probably buy the jets at that point.
It would depend on how the contract was written. How are the FRADU and MFTS aircraft provided? If they are GOCO then they would revert to MOD at contract end. When FRADU had Canberra and Hunters these were GOCO; now I suspect the Falcons are COCO.
Even if the contractor does own the assets the contract could contain a handover clause at the end of the contract.
Unless you know the details then the permutations are legion.