The aircraft will be hired by commercial airlines and the RAF Roundel quickly painted over and replaced by commercial flagship colours for civilian use.
If the RAF need them back during a time of crisis they will be painted back again.
It is the first time that aircraft not needed by the military will be leased out to commercial airlines.
The idea is part of new measures to save the Ministry of Defence money.
Fourteen Airbus A330s are being bought by the company AirTanker and these will be leased by the Ministry of Defence.
The deal will cost the taxpayer an estimated £13bn over almost 30 years and is the world's biggest defence Private Finance Initiative.
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