Given the apparent cost anticipated for an A400M vs the cost of more C-17's, plus set up costs, is it not just as cheap to buy more C-17's rather than A400M's, as counterimntuitive as it may seem at first.
I relise a fleet structure of:-
ADF airlift c.2028
5-6 x C-17
+10-12 more C-17
5 x KC-30A
0 x A400M
12-16 x C-27J
looks like something from an airpower dreamers fertile imagination but if it costs the same why not?
I guess a problem with this is C-17 production longevity.
Last edited by rjtjrt; 9th Mar 2011 at 23:03.
Reason: Further Thought