Moving to all through training on the PC-21??
With 49 units.
Hmm. Strikes me there isn't enough of them coming in to fulfill the role.
How many CT-4's are BAE (or whoever has the contract now) running for ab-initio? Add to that the RAAF allocation of PC-9's for advanced training.
I was surprised at the decision to buy PC-21's when we did, at that stage it was already an older design. Did the JSF scare the people responsible into buying it as a safe option as a mature platform? who knows....