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2003-12-19 Arabia

US Agrees to Permanent F-15 Deployment at Tabuk

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Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-12-19 1:50:45 PM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I wonder if these have been equipped with some sort of RC "off" switch?

Posted by BH 2003-12-19 2:46:20 PM|| 2003-12-19 2:46:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I wonder if these have been equipped with some sort of RC "off" switch?

Yup, it's called a Tomahawk.

Posted by Steve 2003-12-19 3:06:37 PM|| 2003-12-19 3:06:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 aging F-5 and Tornado fleets

Little premature aging?

Posted by Shipman 2003-12-19 3:22:31 PM|| 2003-12-19 3:22:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I guess the Israeli air defense missile system must be fully deployed now, then. The only bad thing, from the Saudi standpoint, of "permanently" stationing F-15s at Tabuk will be the exhorbitant amount of maintenance they'll need. That is NOT the most hospitable territory for any aircraft.

As a matter of curiosity, how many of the 72 F-15s the US sold the Shah of Iran are still flyable? Last I heard, they were down into single digits, and forced to cannibalize for spare parts.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-12-19 6:52:25 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-12-19 6:52:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 OP, those were F-14s, not F-15s, and last I read the number of flyable F-14s could be counted with one hand.

Posted by Steve White 2003-12-19 7:30:35 PM|| 2003-12-19 7:30:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Given the snarky comments I've read on some mil-blogs re the maintenance load of aging -14s, even in our guy's hands, it'd be a wonder if any of the Iranian ones weren't reduced to hangar queen status by now.

Posted by Nero 2003-12-19 8:00:20 PM|| 2003-12-19 8:00:20 PM|| Front Page Top

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