AA62, your comments about Belfast not being cleared for AD got me thinking. Neither is our [UK] C17. They were just arriving when I attended an ABFOG meeting in town. Col Parkinson (recently deceased God bless him) remarked during the discussion of the possibility of dropping from them: "Look guys its not going to happen. We are only getting a few and can't afford to have one at Boscombe for as long as they have had the J. Just paint them white and park them up at Brize Norton" Little did we know at the time how busy they would be shifting stuff to the sand pit.
I am really looking forward to seeing the A400M do what it says on the tin.