It has been a busy four days at RAF Lyneham. I am part of a Canadian military contingent conducting an assessement into the RAF C130 Hercules operation at RAF Lyneham. We are here to determine if the RAFwho are flying the new Hercules, called the Super Hercules (J-model variant) have the proper training equipment and methodology to produce tactical aircrews (we are also checking out the same on the maintenance side). We've called the mission a Training Needs Analysis. We have been here once before looking at the RAF schoolhouse under a Search And Rescue mandate. That project was supposedly on a fast track until the politicians stalled it - political hot potato apparently (read as unacceptable risk for a minority government). The entire project staff was then assigned to the Hercules replacemnet project and we've
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