I never said that a US airframe is not the best bet for Australia at the moment-far from it.If my views were of any consequence,I would have opted for an F-15E variant like the Korean F-15K or the new jets for Singapore.YEARS AGO.
I had no idea that Korea was making combat airframes for export.
I know you mentioned the F-15E. I was only trying to clarify my own thinking on the issue.
I’m not a airdaleian, so my knowing is real limited, but I’d think the F15 package is still a bit too dated and lacking in flex for today’s Pac Rim needs.
Mostly, I wonder at Ausie unwillingness or inability to deploy their own air units to support their own ground forces currently engaged in combat operations. Seems to me, they’d want to have the opportunity to shake out the rust and update their SOPs to current needs.
Australia will be a front line area on this war, sooner or later. No opportunity to practice their technical oriented warfighters should be passed up. No matter how much time is spent in milti-national military cooperation and coordination efforts, it’s never enough to be good enough.
And, of course, it’s New Years Eve and I’m 3/4 lit on cheap whiskey, so I doubt any of the above makes any sense at all.