Britain might loan 2 P-8As while waiting for its own aircraft to be delivered

Sources told Defense News that Britain and the United States are exploring one option of having two U.S. Navy P-8A on loan to the Royal Air Force while waiting for Boeing to deliver Britain’s own aircraft.

Flickr - Official U.S. Navy Imagery - A P-8A Poseidon conducts flyovers above the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group during exercise Bold Alligator 2012.
By Official Navy Page from United States of America MC3 Daniel J. Meshel/U.S. Navy [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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