No, its him that’s wrong. If you want a long range deep strike capability then a single 1,000lt drop tank and 5t of internal fuel isn’t going to be enough in most scenarios. And the last time I checked the RAF weren’t exactly overwhelmed with AAR aircraft in their arsenal.

He’s just selling a sob story for the latter because SDSR 2015 is quickly approaching.

you are right however the RAF will have 22 A400’s which are AAR capable the only thing stopping the 400’s from tanking is that little thing of a contract that stops them

Because Colombia is of course happily using its Kfir force. And Ar don’t know anything about that…

No, let the gramp at rest in the Negev. There is no need to make a big hole in their OP budget. Leasing some Grip C/D, some F16 or even a modestly upgraded F1 makes more sense than everything else.

so where are they going to get said Gripen’s – F-16’s and F-1’s from then or have you not been keeping up?

As said many times I think they need to rethink and make some simple changes that will have a big step up in capability and keep operational costs down

Firstly as said make all flight training Tri service up to OCU with Basic training and all helicopter training on 1 base and Fast jet and Multi engine training on 1 base

secondly buy 18 Kfir blk 60 fighters for the QRA and start to work their pilot up for the multi-role task and kfir should be good up to 2035. their need then to work hard to find and inducted a new type by 2025 to replace the A-4’s

thirdly bring all fixed wing transport tasking under the Airforce on 3 types 2 x 767 MRTT’s – 6 x C-295’s and 6 C-130’s (to be replaced by KC-390)

I think advanced super hornet could still come good for Boeing. If Canada is hoist with its self it needs a twin engine jet up north and dose not need F-35 and as F-35 becomes more and more expensive F-18 could pick up some air-forces that fall away however it has to fight with gripen in the market place

The combination of indignation, whining, and general butthurt exhibited by many of our British posters here is rather unbecoming, but certainly amusing.

In past I have supported Argentinian modernization and still do and feel they need at least 4 Frasser OPV-80 ships better transport helicopters and of course new interceptors just for starters but as I have have also said in the past most of all they need to change there thinking gripen or no gripen there is a lot of work to do before the air-force will be back to fighting force

What is also amusing is none realistic posters