New Nimrods at RAF Kinloss 'within weeks not months'
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The Nimrod MR2 was taken out of service a year early
The new Nimrod MRA4 will be arriving at RAF Kinloss in Moray within weeks rather than months, the Ministry of Defence has said.
A delay until October was announced last week by the MoD in a parliamentary answer to local MP and SNP defence spokesman Angus Robertson.
However the MOD has told the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ that the replacement Nimrods are still scheduled to arrive this summer.
The aircraft is due to replace the 30-year-old MR2, grounded in March.
Dozens of jobs have already been lost at RAF Kinloss due to the withdrawal of the MR2, which was taken out of service a year early.
- Published18 June 2010
- Published17 June 2010
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