Originally Posted by
alhenderson
Sounds to me like the RAF is actually going to be short of a tanker while its being used for such VIP missions - and I don't imagine the re-roling of it will be a 5 minute job either.
The MRTT is capable of filling the aerial refuelling role without having the main deck cabin reconfigured. In addition, the RAF have built in a "surge capacity" to their private deal, which allows some airframes to be available if needed but otherwise released for use in the civil market.
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