this is great but I would love to see a clip of the ex Aces High Ju-52. I great times with her and it was a sad time when we packed her for Kermit

For me I would go for something like
4 Destroyer’s (Holbert or Type 45) 2 on each coast
14 Type 31’s ( Arrowhead 120) 8 Pacific coast and 6 Atlantic coast
12 90m River class fitted with a 57mm main gun and off board multi mission units to allow patrol and mine hunting 6 on each coast
7 SSK’s 4 Pacific coast and 3 Atlantic coast
2 Juan Carlos assault ships 1 on each coast

My dad was the first manager of the Squadron from 88 to late 90 and we had some great times as the site was being built and once it had opened so I think a book by Gary would be outstanding

I feel getting German or France to agree on a common fighter is hard but getting both to agree good luck it will only happen if France is ready to give up Dassault

I am going to make a prediction, for the foreseable future (lets say a decade) every European Country West of Ukraine, that is going to acquire new combat jets are going to a) order “Dave”, b) order a variation of Gripen and c) order some Vipers from AMARC, the main KPP being “size of budget”. The two exceptions will be France with the Rafale F4 and maybe Germany with the Tornado ECR replacement wich could go “Dave”, upgrade sensors/weapons for their Phoons, rebuild the Tornados and use them for the next fifteen/twenty years, a mix of the two/three options, or nothing at all.

I think you are bang on here. What will be interesting is how Stealth holds up over the next 10 to 20 years we already know that the latest ground radars and AEW can see aircraft like F-35 better than 10 years ago. For the UK this is less of issue as what F-35 offers is a modern capable carrier strike wing first and for most and stealth second. I hope what the German issue offers is a opportunity for a Typhoon replacement for the UK as well

that will depend on if they want to replace the alpha jets with a new lead in type but I did say they will go with a every low number of F-35’s

Uruguayan Air Force

Trainers
5 PC-7
5 SF-260

Transport

2 KC-390
2 CN-235-100M
4 C-212

MPA

3 CN-235 MPA/SAR

Helicopters

5 AW-149 Transport/ SAR

fixed wing light Attack

12 TA-50