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Old 21st Nov 2014, 14:21
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They have exercised the cargo door option, but only on some of them initially. Budget issues and a need to field them quickly means two tranches will be delivered - the first will be the aircraft as is (boom, pods, etc), and the second to be delivered later will have the cargo door and datalinks. The early aircraft will later be retrofitted with all of the mods.
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