Ireland Considers Purchase of AD Fighters

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Originally Posted by Finningley Boy

Declan and Racedo,

That explains, I suppose, why so many folk from the Republic end up in the UK armed forces. Despite claims to the contrary, I can see an independent Scotland ending up in a similar situation. What I do find interesting is the idea of home grown resentment at the presence of any USAF aircraft pitching up. What price the American love of having Irish ancestry then?

FB

Hmmmm......if my extended family in the U.S. is anything to go by..........I think they'd be prepared to pay the "premium". Can't understand it myself.......they're no more Irish than I am.