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Old 16th Dec 2019, 12:33
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Originally Posted by Mil-26Man
They are in very poor condition, which is why the Swiss are getting rid of them. Will likely be used for spares to support Taiwan's fleet and also the US Aggressor fleet.
they are most certainly not in poor condition. Even the Jordanian ones were pretty good. I see them almost daily coming back from sorties, landing at NAS Boca Chica. They’ll get avionics upgrades and standardized. The ROC can produce their own spares, they built most of theirs.

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