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Old 24th Jul 2019, 07:34
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andrewn
 
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The Dutch seem able to "display" a '35 without the long tail of workup and backup that a full on display team involves.
Mind you they can also open the gates to a front line base once a year, assemble a decent international presence and display pretty much everything they own in reasonable numbers, on the ground and in the air, the piece de la resistance being the Air Power demo, this years was 10 F-16's, similar number of Helos plus a C130. And get this for a clincher, they do it for free, with a distinct lack of corporates in attendance. You know, as if it it were being done primarily for the benefit of the (tax) paying public.

Crazy concept or what?
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