Arclite
Not to mention the size of the Greek (Hellenic) Air Force.
Beats me how these countries maintain such large arsenals of aircraft............ while we reduce ours to the bare bones. We really have got the Government we deserve haven't we.
Oh hang on, both counties are virtually bankrupt...................
right about Greece (i should know i am Greek!), wrong about Turkey i suppose: far higher rate of growth and a 36% DEBT/GDP ratio compared to 90%+ for the UK
For me - The real question is how many are serviceable if they needed them.
Probably about 6 - ergo the number of Typhoons we have sent...............
Arc
you'd be surprised here again. Serviceability even for the Hellenic (Greek) Air Force even at this dark hour would probably produce more available jets than the current RAF's fighter and attack ORBAT (a quick check suggests 700-800 aircraft of all kinds for the RAF to 500+ for the Greek AF yet only 210+ Typhoons+Tornadoes vs 280 Greek F-16s, M2000s, F-4s and A-7s).