According to STANEVAL, many of the C-130 tanker mob were frankly bŁoody dangerous.....
Whether or not that was fair, I don't know. But STANEVAL aren't usually wrong.
The C-130 tanker was only retained in theatre until there were sufficient VC10Ks available to spare one to waste its time doing the Bennyland task. Incidentally, my only downer on the TriShaw is its poor reliability record of late - and the fact that it's a single hose (at a time) tanker. So it's a good job that the TypHoon has a fast onload rate then.......
As someone said, TypHoon crews should press for the big jugs to be fitted now that the TriShaw is providing the tanker task....
Still, once the Alberts are no longer with us, the A400M Atlas should be able to do
all the Malvinas tasks......except that the RAF won't be allowed to use it as a tanker thanks to the AirTanker contract stitch up, or so I'm told....