Re: USAF struggles to upgrade F-22 to Super Hornet style radar

Henry J Cobb wrote:
Michael Williamson wrote:
As to the 'Varks, that was a budgetary decision made back when the
world was a safe place to live (ah the good old days). Whether it
would be made again in today's environment (both fiscal and threat),
who knows?

The Varks are old.

The Aussies have to search through the American boneyard in order to
find the parts to keep their few birds in the air some of the time.

-HJC



Oh what would you know.


The RAAF F-111s still achieved 99% availability on every Red Flag exercise
they've been on. To ensure a spare parts availability, they
_bought_ a number of airframes at AMAARC, in addition to the ones coming
from the local fabrication chain.

You make it sound like they're digging through dumpsters.


There are a few things that ground the pigs, but lack of parts isn't one of
them.



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Cheers

Dave Kearton


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