Fair enough mate, I've never worked at FC. However, I did draft the note that fessed up that the UK would only have 6ac instead of the original 7.
Only 6 of the aircraft were assigned to NATO. The seventh aircraft was for ab-initio training and flight trials which were a national, rather than NATO, responsibility. ZH105 disappeared after my time at Waddington so I am not sure of the current declared requirement and whether we still declare 5 or 6 aircraft.
Last edited by Wensleydale; 18th Mar 2014 at 09:26.