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G-SOAF | North Wales Military Avation Services (NWMAS) | British Aerospace BAC 167 Strikemaster MK82A | CN 425 | Built 1986 | EIWT 21/07/2017 | "425' was the last Strikemaster. It was intended to fulfil one part of a contract to supply 10 to Sudan. However, due to an arms embargo only three of the aircraft got delivered. Three completed airframes were kept at Warton and occasionally flown, before being sold to Ecuador Air Force a couple of years later. The remaining airframes were unfinished, and all the major components that had been built were placed in storage at British Aerospace's Bournemouth factory. During 1984, the SOAF (Sultan of Oman's Air Force) lost one of its Strikemaster aircraft in a flying accident, and it later placed an order for a replacement aircraft with BAe (British Aerospace). A new aeroplane was constructed using various stored components left over from the embargoed Sudan and other previous orders. The end result was a complete Strikemaster without a set construction number or date. Strikemaster Mk.82A '425' was born, with the airframe taking on its military identity as its construction number."