PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Which aircraft did the RAF have to buy, at Government insistence?
Thread: Which aircraft did the RAF have to buy, at Government insistence?
View Single Post
Old 8th Oct 2019, 14:16
  #23 (permalink)  
sandiego89
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: virginia, USA
Age: 56
Posts: 1,062
Received 15 Likes on 10 Posts
Originally Posted by PAXboy
I recall reading many years ago, that the USA govt paid for numerous runways to be lengthend to 707 requirements as 'international foreign aid' Whereupon the grateful nations duly bought 707s. Simples!
I imagine some of those runways also proved useful for KC-135's and B-52's...
sandiego89 is offline  
Reply