Is that the guy in the Ivory Coast you’re referring to (or whatever way you spell it in French)?;)

Didn’t he also build a huge new airport in the West African jungle, and specified that it should be able to operate Concorde??:confused::eek:

Nope that was Mobutu in Gbadolite (his home village also called the Versailles of the jungle).
Well personally I wouldn’t call Gaddafi´s strategy senseless perhaps a little expensive. After all it helped him to both keep his airforce operational during years in isolation and help out his African Allies. Another few contenders for senseless purchases:
Eritrean MiG-29s
Ivorian MiG-23s
Namibian F-7s

Wow finally! The last traces of the Ugandan Israeli cooperation before Idi’s rise to power. Hmm I wanted to buy that one, well again it failed due to this f++++n’ US credit card fetishism 😡

Could it be a French machine from Djibouti?
BTW isn’t there even a private company operating Huns for target towing duties? (outsourcing rules :dev2:)

AFAIK this deal was scrapped due to Belarus financial problems (mainly caused by gas prices)

Tanzania may be a candidate for the oldest combat jet still serving in a combat role, the F-6. Tanzania’s F-6s were seen flying at a parade in 2006 or 2005.

I doubt that most of these countries which received MiG-15s and MiG-17s still have them in service. They all have more modern types and I would think, with limited budgets, the newer aircraft would get priority for maintenance (although NK might be an exception).

Well Tanzania has the Chinese double-seater version of the MiG-17 still flying, but when it comes to the oldest military fighter jet you just can’t beat Bolivia’s T-33s.

It might be off-topic but have you seen black water’s internet site? They have a merchandise shop where you can buy T-shirts stuffed bears with blackwater t-shirts and even stuff for your Christmas tree. 😮 :confused: 😡

WOW :eek::eek::eek:
what armament do they use? Has that one already been used in combat?

Yep that was exactly the one I meant. The photo of the Bangladeshi Sabre is great, thanks a lot! What do you think, was it operational, when the pic was taken?