Do the RAF really want the A400m?

"Lyle" wrote:
On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 20:24:58 +0100, "Keith Willshaw"
wrote:


"John Penta" wrote in message
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On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 15:10:40 +0100, "Keith Willshaw"
wrote:


They want both, the A-400 is intended to replace the
Hercules C-130K's not the C-17

Yabbut ain't C17 meant (by design anyhow) to replace C130?
C-17 is meant to replace the C-141

The last C-141C will be retired to Davis-Montham AFB by the end of 2006, so
the remark should be: the designated C-141 replacement will be the C-17.