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Old 4th Mar 2020, 09:57
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Asturias56
 
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Originally Posted by RedhillPhil
Didn't the USMC want the Buccaneer but Wilson blocked the export? I'm fairly sure that it was the same with the Marineflieger. I seem to recall that the Saffers got theirs because the deal was already done.
I may be wrong, I may be working on received wisdom.
Correct -

"Early in the Buccaneer programme, the US Navy had expressed mild interest in the aircraft, but quickly moved on to the development of its comparable Grumman A-6 Intruder. The West German Navy showed a greater interest, and considered replacing its Hawker Sea Hawks with the type, although it eventually decided on the Lockheed F-104G for its maritime strike requirement, following the bribing of West German government officials in the Lockheed bribery scandals."
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