Do the RAF really want the A400m?

Just curious really, wouldn't going from a fast tactical jet transport
(c-17) to a slower prop transport be like swapping a stallion for a
mule to the RAF?

"Prowlus" wrote in message
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Just curious really, wouldn't going from a fast tactical jet transport
(c-17) to a slower prop transport be like swapping a stallion for a
mule to the RAF?

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

Keith





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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?

"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?

Not really , the C-17 is seen as the strategic airlift component
bringing troops and supplies into the theare with the C-130
operating in the tactical role shuttling men and materials to
the battlefield.

Keith

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


"John Penta" wrote in message
.. .
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

Not really , the C-17 is seen as the strategic airlift component
bringing troops and supplies into the theare with the C-130
operating in the tactical role shuttling men and materials to
the battlefield.

Keith

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


"John Penta" wrote in message
.. .
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.