Can anybody advise please if any of the personnel or equipment that are being used for these ops are scheduled to be made redundant, or otherwise scrapped under SDR?
HMS Cumberland - to be decommissioned
Nimrod R1 - due to retire 1 Apr (3 month extension granted)
Sentinel R1 - to retire on completion of Op HERRICK
Tristar - to retire from 2013
VC10 - 2 frames to go soon, the rest by 2013
Tornado GR4 - Two sqns closing by Jun. Strong rumours of further reductions in PR11.
The Nimrod R1, Tristar and VC10 all have replacements lined up; however I would never stake anything on our ability to seamlessly transfer all the capabilities!