Here is what I expect them to do:
o 25 Mirage F-1AD/BD/ED-all aircraft are grounded, 22-24 to be refubished and return to service – only if they go the Moroccan road of updating them with RD-400.
o 25 MiG-21bis Fishbed – scrap them
o 125 MiG-23BN/MS/ML/UM Flogger – keep the BN/UB for some years, scrap the rest.
o 40 Su-22M3/UM-3K Fitter – sell to Angola
o 12 Su-24MK Fencer -all grounded – scrap them but bloody hell, make photos first !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
order MiG-29SMT/Su-30MKL combo. Or even better, Rafale/Su-30MKL. 40+40 would be sufficient.
* Trainers
o 110 Aero L-39ZO Albatross – keep 55-60, the rest use for parts
o 20 SF-260WL – refurbish and keep those as primary trainers
o 80 G-2 Galeb and J-21 Jastreb – scrap them or sell to Sudan
order LIFT class trainer – M-346 or Yak-130
* Transport aircraft
o 10 An-26 Curl – beat them to death, then scrap them o 3 Falcon 20 – keep
o 1 Falcon 50 – keep for ELINT role
o 3 Gulfstream II – keep
o 15 Il-76 Candid – keep
o 15 L-410 – keep as light transports and commuters
o 2 JetStar – scrap
o 10 C-130H – beat them to death and then scrap them
Order a fleet of 25 C-295s.
* Refuellers
o 4 Il-78 MidasE – keep those
* Attack helicopters
o 4 Bell 206 – use for scout role
o 12 Mi-14 Haze – beat to death and scrap them
o 43 Mi-24 Hind – 13 of them modernised in South Africa – good! modernize the rest (AFAIK, some were refurbished in Ukraine lately)
NH90 NFH version would be cool to replace the Hazes. Or a Helix.
* Transport helicopters
o 2 Bell 212 – use for SAR
o 8 CH-47 Chinook – another 12 sold to U.A.E – sell the rest and order Mi-26s
o 25 Mi-8 including Mi-17 – keep for parts
o ? Mi-17
A combined fleet of 60 Mi-17MDs and 20 Mi-34 Hermits or AS350 Ecureuils would do.
Hummm, The Mig-21 and the Mig-23ML seen at LAVEX seems in not bad state, at all… and where are the An-124 in your list? 🙂
Regards from Spain.
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