– The story that this deal will create jobs in US is a ferry tale. I watched Euronews and the CEO of Airbus said clearly that the plane will be ansambled in US; the wings will be made in UK, the fuselages in Germany and France .
What about a new factory which is build and the spin off for US companies see http://www.northropgrumman.com/kc45/benefits/impact.html and gone is “the ferry tale?”. :p
– If anyone believe that there will be any reciprocity he’s naive. I don’t see France or Germany buying anything consistent from US for their armed forces (except some improvement contracts for the Franch E3s and E2s, or some dozens of ESSMs and RAMs for the German navy);.
What about many other European companies highly involved in building the JSF. They will buy soon hundreds of F-35. Should they think the same way and buy Eurofighter?? 😉
– I think that the little pricks in USAF staff do not relize that those 40 billions will come from the US taxpayers, including thousands of Boeing workers; .
These “little picks” want the best for the lowest price, so every taxpayers dream. 😮
– If there was a little chance for USAF to receive more thatn 187 Raptors, I think that it’s gone. In 2030 I can see USAF still flying F15Cs. They will fly them maybe 30 hours/year, they will be restriceted to 2-3 G and 0.9 Mach, bet hey, they could be refuelled by superb, brand new A 330.
Nice to have lots of state of the art Raptors and fifty years tankers refueling them. :rolleyes:
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