Originally Posted by
411A
The RAF has taken a good product and steadfastly made it into an inferior one.
Certainly no surprise.
I suspect that it would be f*** all use as a tanker if it hadn't been modified (with the attendant increase in complexity and servicing requirements). Not to mention DAS etc.
It's quite a different aeroplane from the ones sold to the RAF by Pan Am and BA.
The same applies to RAF VC10s vs civil ones, RAF Hercs vs L100s etc.