RAF training: no more Tucano/King Air, T-6C + Phenom instead

[Stratofreighter]

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articl ... al-405203/
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http://www.pprune.org/military-aviation ... fts-3.html

New fleets of Grob Aircraft G120TP, Beechcraft T-6C (above) and Embraer Phenom 100 jet aircraft are due to be introduced, to respectively deliver elementary,
basic and multi-engine training for the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy.

An undisclosed number of each type will replace in-service Grob G115 Tutors, Shorts Tucano T1s and leased Beechcraft King Air 200s under the arrangement,
which is expected to run through to 2033.

Flightglobal’s MiliCAS database records a respective 119, 38 and eight of these as being in current active duty, with the G115s provided by Babcock.

Ascent says instruction using the new aircraft will be delivered at the RAF’s Barkston Heath and Cranwell air bases with the G120TP (above), at RAF Valley with the T-6C and at Cranwell with the Phenom 100 (below).

[patrick dirksen]

And then obviously a next question is: will these get mil serials....?
(And yes, I myself will be happy if they get roundels and squadron markings, like the Tutors and the Be.200 in the beginning, but "real" serials would be better of course )