To: sukhoi-30mki
It seems like fighter aircraft are getting so expensive that each country will only have one squadron, if that!
2 posted on
12/25/2011 7:35:11 PM PST by
2ndDivisionVet
(You can't invade the US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.~Admiral Yamamoto)
To: sukhoi-30mki
An equal, possibly greater, incentive is the widespread availability of spare parts, many available from boneyards.
4 posted on
12/25/2011 7:49:42 PM PST by
Rembrandt
(.. AND the donkey you rode in on.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Thats what geniuses in Israel get for canceling Lavi in the 80’s. The way things are going with F35, the US Airforce might think twice of selling those birds to anybody. Because of constant delays with F35,the IAF needs a stop gap aircraft.
5 posted on
12/25/2011 8:30:20 PM PST by
alex2011
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10 posted on
12/26/2011 6:55:02 AM PST by
SJackson
(Haven't changed the environment, just take a bath. Eat a piece of chocolate. You need one. Michelle)
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