Posts Tagged ‘RoAF’

Guest Post: A-10 pentru Romania?

By Caudillo:

In 17.04.2024 a avut loc o audiere in Congresul SUA, HASC,  a oficialilor Pentagonului in legatura cu bugetul pe anul fiscal 2025

Defense officials testify before the House Armed Services Committee about the Department of the Air Force’s fiscal year 2025 budget. Testifying are: Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall III; Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin; and Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman.

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Defense One a prezentat niste detalii interesante de la aceste audieri

“Despite previous calls from Ukraine for more attack aircraft, a top Pentagon official said the country isn’t interested in ex-U.S. Air Force A-10 Warthogs. 

“Ukraine hasn’t expressed much interest. I think they, rightfully, are concerned about their survivability,” Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said during a House Armed Services Committee hearing Wednesday. 

After years of pushback from Congress, the Air Force has started to get rid of its half-century-old A-10s, which service officials say are too vulnerable to survive in modern conflict. But lawmakers have suggested that these aircraft could be sent to Ukraine, and some Ukrainian officials have signaled that A-10s could be useful. 

Kendall said he wasn’t aware of any “active interest.” 

“One country at least has expressed some interest, but the problem is once that aircraft goes out of the U.S. inventory, there won’t be any base support for it. So any country that picks it up and tries to sustain it would have a very hard time. It’s also a very old aircraft, about 45 years old. Replacement parts are very hard [to find],” he said. 

The secretary did not say which country is interested in the retired Warthogs “

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Defense One se intreaba daca tara care ar putea fi interesata de A 10 ar putea fi Polonia sau Romania.

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S-a bagat F-16?

Avem noroc cu F-35 - Sursa: Lockheed Martin

Avem noroc cu F-35 – Sursa: Lockheed Martin

Ma scuzati, de aici incepe coada pentru F-16?

Pentru cine credea ca urmatoarele 12 F-16 ale RoAF sint doar o chestiune de vizitat AMARG-ul si gata pleasca, avem vesti: se pare ca lucrurile sint mai complicate.

S-a format deja o coada si, in ciuda antrenamentului, e greu de dat din coate.

Americanii ar avea niste avioane disponibile dar cum interesati ar fi mai multi, e aglomeratie mare si se cauta solutii.

Right now, she [Heidi Grant, deputy under secretary of the Air Force for internal affairs] said, there’s interest from a number of countries in acquiring surplus F-16 Fighting Falcons.

Grant characterized the number of excess F-16s available as “more than a dozen,” and said the supply is not enough to meet demand from all the nations that want them. Sursa

Din fericire, USAF nu e singura sursa de F-16 uzate, alti utilizatori fiind pe cale sa renunte la ele, la schimb cu F-35.

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