Originally Posted by
Mr Oleo Strut
Why don't we just buy back all those Harriers we gave to the US, and some of those AV8s that are standing out in the US desert doing nothing?
1. Because there is no support structure remaining in the UK and no money to pay for one.
2. Because a significant number of those frames have been xmas-tree'd to provide spares for the US fleet.
3. Because the
only AV8 frames in the desert are 50 of ours and the USMC want all of them to keep their AV8s viable to OSD.