Belgium selects F-35 over Typhoon
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Belgium selects F-35 over Typhoon
Belgium has selected the F-35 over the Eurofighter Typhoon.
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Brave Belgium. That will screw their Defence Budget.
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34 aircraft and four spare engines. I presume that there is actually a contract for ongoing engine overhaul and the four spares just act as the rotating buffer? I guess that is enough, if they accept lots of grounded aircraft in times of high aircraft utilisation, such as a war!
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34 aircraft and four spare engines. I presume that there is actually a contract for ongoing engine overhaul and the four spares just act as the rotating buffer? I guess that is enough, if they accept lots of grounded aircraft in times of high aircraft utilisation, such as a war!
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I suspect tha the Qatar and Omani orders may well be the last. Shame we didn’t buy Super Hornets, far better in most respects with much more customer focussed support.
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Kleine-Brogel, Dec. 26, 2017 - Early this morning, four Belgian combat aircraft took off from an air base in the middle east for the last time. The fighter jets have taken the road back to Belgium after 18 months of operations over Syria and Iraq. This marks the end of the Desert Falcon mission for the F-16.
Brave Belgium. That will screw their Defence Budget.
One could follow the roads (IFR NAV) back to Belgium could they not?
And Rafale?
Be interesting to see how this affects Rafale. Dassault struggling to sort the hugely reduced India order due, I’m led to believe by offset issues. And if Typhoon is allegedly gen 4.5, what can Dassault do to the French fleet to keep them part of the night one day one team that their politicians still seem to want when the entry level is F35? Heard a lot of French senior airmen saying stealth is irrelevant, but that could possibly be because they don’t have the capability. Guess we just need the Germans to tilt towards F35 and the European club is almost complete without France. A voir.....
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Shame we didn’t buy Super Hornets, far better in most respects with much more customer focussed support.
"Shame we didn’t buy Super Hornets, far better in most respects...."
How, exactly?
Not in terms of being able to defeat the perceived threat, which seems to be the key.....
How, exactly?
Not in terms of being able to defeat the perceived threat, which seems to be the key.....
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What perceived threat?
As we are buying BOTH Typhoon and F-35 surely we have all bases covered?
What perceived threat?
As we are buying BOTH Typhoon and F-35 surely we have all bases covered?
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The UK F-35 buy has been lynched by the Admirals and misguided Pollies for an inappropriate expeditionary warfare UK capability.
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