BRITAIN'S armed forces are facing critical shortfalls in air transport and air-to-air refuelling capabilities because of delays in delivering new aircraft, Whitehall's spending watchdog has warned.
In its annual report on the Ministry of Defence's major equipment projects, the National Audit Office said overruns on the 16 biggest defence programmes meant costs had gone up during the past year by £468 million and, since they were approved, by £6.6 billion. Delays total 39 years.
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