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RAF urged to cut new jets for cheap propeller aircraft

Hey, they can get Super Tucanos for free, right here at SOH! I'll even paint on RAF roundels for them!
Exactly what I had been thinking about :kilroy:. Would be funny to see the Spits and Hurricanes head to Afghanistan and Iraq...fitted with flare dispensers, HUDs and AGM's under the wings :icon_lol:.
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Iron Eagle 3? Or was it 4, or 5?
 
I'm keeping my mouth shut. I'll only get on my:a1451: and politics is frowned upon.
 
I think if the RAF is low on funding, lets keep the Tornado in production and just continue with this great airplane.

Cheers

Casey
 
Tonka is upgraded, out of production now i believe, Typhoon is stepping up to the hotplate, Tornado has 2 variants for 2 roles,. the F.£ and the GR.4, typhoon is 1 plane combining the roles as such is designated Typhoon FGR.4... to keep tornado in parts and flying would be more expensive than typhoon, as would starting production up and having to buy 1 of each to meet the needs...
 
Smoothie said:
having been in Afghanistan i want A-10's :icon_lol::icon_lol: nothing scares he with sandals, a herd of goats and a cigarette hangin out his mouth more than a 'hog overhead :icon_lol: see helicopters are still crucial out there, need ones that can deal with sand AND altitude, they sent Lynx's originally, not very good out there... and limited combat load, more nooks ooh yes please :icon_lol:

back on track, i remember watching Farnbrough '97 on TV, with Eurofighter 2000 as it was then (wasn't even called Typhoon) fly set to Robert miles - 'Children' song... good days, and we need the jets, i personally wouldn't want to be in a tucano when johnny-rag head decides it's a special occasion and digs out a MANPADS :kilroy:
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Can we refrain from "rag head" comments and their ilk please? No matter what people say it's a perjorative term that a lot of people find offensive.
 
So, you're trying to figure out what you want to fight the next war with, and what would be the most efficient use of resources.....

Good luck.

The only assumptions you can make that are valid are....

1) you will fight another war

2) it will not be in a time and place of your choosing if you're a citizen of a Republic

3) you will have the wrong stuff

4) it will be made by the lowest bidder

Is there anything I've missed?
 
Chris H said:
Can we refrain from "rag head" comments and their ilk please? No matter what people say it's a perjorative term that a lot of people find offensive.
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my apologies on that one... slip of the fingers, i mean Johnny-insurgent :icon_lol::icon_lol:

again my apologies, just that sometimes my mind is in ops mode and my fingers follow suit :salute:
 
Chris H said:
Can we refrain from "rag head" comments and their ilk please? No matter what people say it's a perjorative term that a lot of people find offensive.
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everyone has something that offends them.

for example, i get offended when people fly airplanes into buildings and kill americans. i'm sensitive that way.
 
Cheers Matt, completely understandable. :salute:

And as for that remark cheezyflier; it's so disgusting that I won't even bother trying to formulate an appropriate response. Absolutely atrocious.
 
if you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem
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Sorry cliches will not work in the real world. Having said that, I will not comment any further. If I see something I don't like, I'll go on to something else.
 
guys lets get it back on track here... Tucano... insurgents will love that you'll hear it coming, sound echoes in the mountains and valleys of Afghanistan like you can't believe! plus key thing is loadout in my opinion having been there, A-10 being my guardian angel out there :icon_lol:
 
Seems the greatest aircraft are the ones the Brass, or other "experts" want to get rid of. :isadizzy:
 
Going to pop in although I said I wouldn't.

It's not down to the 'Brass'. The Bean Counters have said you've got only this much to spend at the end of the upcoming 'Defence Budget Review'.

The Afghanistan/Iraq equipment (or lack of) debacle has meant that politicos want money spent on that.

Thankfully sense has prevailed in some cases, a 25% reduction in our nuclear capability with on 3 subs instead of four.

Some factions are wondering what use is a conventional Navy and Air Force when fighting wars like we are at the moment. How can the new carriers, type 45 destroyers be justified etc.

There is a possibility that the Harriers are going in this Review, as well as some Tonkas. That completely wipes out the RNs fixed wing capability until JSF reaches service.

This country which 65 years ago was 'the Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier' is likely to have it's number of RAF Stations reduced further as well.
 
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