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2012-05-06 Afghanistan

Afghanistan to Receive 20 Warplanes When US Troops Leave

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Posted by trailing wife 2012-05-06 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [202 views ] Top

#1 Exactly what are these clowns going to do with an air force?

Of course, having such a thing will increase their dependence on playing nice with the western world if they want any spare parts or training.

Posted by gorb 2012-05-06 00:24|| 2012-05-06 00:24|| Front Page Top

#2 their dependence on playing nice with the western world if they want any spare parts or training

Or they can get both from China

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2012-05-06 05:04|| 2012-05-06 05:04|| Front Page Top

#3 How about we get a few P40s out of storage for them?

Posted by AlanC 2012-05-06 08:40|| 2012-05-06 08:40|| Front Page Top

#4 ...Don't sweat it. By the time we decide which Obama ally/pal is going to get the money for twenty overpriced sport planes, the Taliban will have taken back over.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2012-05-06 11:53|| 2012-05-06 11:53|| Front Page Top

#5 don't give them P-40s, they would turn them into scrap metal in a month or less

Posted by chris 2012-05-06 13:58|| 2012-05-06 13:58|| Front Page Top

#6 I'd suggest those Spitfires that would recently found buried, but I think that would be an insult to every Aviation fan on the planet. Maybe some out-dated MiGs would be more appropriate? Certainly it fights there style.

Posted by Charles 2012-05-06 18:41|| 2012-05-06 18:41|| Front Page Top

#7 Maybe someone had promised to help Embraer sell some Super Tucanos?

Thanks for the memory jog; I couldn't memberate the details other than these birds were bought in a no-bid contract award over American plane makers by The One.

Posted by USN,Ret 2012-05-06 21:07|| 2012-05-06 21:07|| Front Page Top

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