Excellent spin, OAP, to attempt to find an equivalence for an ageing single hose tanker.....
Had the TriStar ever been modified to include wing pods, there might have been a reason to keep the old things going for a few years longer. But it was clear that, as soon as Voyager showed that it had at least
some AAR capability, MoD was keen to get rid of the TriShaw as soon as it could.