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ORAC
19th Mar 2018, 20:35
How many? 20, 40, 60 or even more? And where from?

This comes back to the USAF proposal to retire all their F-15s and upgrade their F-16s for AD because they can’t afford the bill to rewing/upgrade. Taiwan pays for the second which funds the first.

Alert 5 » F-15s could at China’s doorstep as Taiwan might be leasing them (http://alert5.com/2018/03/20/f-15s-at-chinas-doorstep-as-taiwan-could-be-leasing-them/)

https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/28/politics/us-air-force-f-15-eagles-retire/index.html

Rhino power
20th Mar 2018, 01:13
How many? And where from?

Currently 160+ A/B/C/Ds in storage at AMARG...

-RP

ORAC
20th Mar 2018, 06:16
Forget all the A/B models - and I would have thought most of the C/Ds in storage. The interesting sentence in the report is....... “The proposal is to lease aircraft that still have half of their lifespan remaining”.....