Originally Posted by
DuckDodgers
Doubtful, Don Kirlin doesn't have the capital to progress the transaction which is why he's trying to sell his Hawk mk67s as a portfolio acquisition for the ludicrous price of $2MM for each of the 10 complete jets, $500K for each of the 2 parts aircraft (there is only one as one was written off at Yuma), and $48MM for the spare parts! His MiG-29UB is also for sale too.
The Hornets all need a centre barrel replacement, lots of very good documents on the real condition of these aircraft on the ANAO website - basically they're shagged.
Very true DuckDodgers. I understand the Hornet deal has either completely stalled or it’s fallen through as the costing for them to run as COCO red air was prohibitively expensive. Not to mention as you point out, those Aussie Hornets have been hammered and are indeed shagged out.