Aermacchis to return to service?

[Naki]

Article here

[Njbb1995]

I saw that while mucking around at school Hopefully a lead to the Skyhawks?

[Naki]

Man that would be awesome if they were brought back

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The 17 Aermacchi jets and the air force's combat wing of 17 Skyhawk fighter bombers were axed by the Labour government in 2001.[/quote]
Well now that National is in, the future could be bright for these jets

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[Naki]

99% chance the Skyhawks will NOT re-enter service. The Armacchis are just a maybe.

[Alex]

Yea, I think it's fair to say the Skyhawks are not going to become re-operational, at least not in New Zealand in any case (they were going to be replaced by F16s as they were getting on; then Labour canned the deal in 2001). I reckon it would be nice to have these aircraft flying about - I'm all for it.

Alex

[ZK-Brock]

Not that I really know anything about this, but.. what would be the point of the skyhawks returning to service?

Surely they wouldn't really be capable any proper defence against what most countries have? What would be the point from a defence point of view?

[Alfashark]

QUOTE (ZK-Brock @ Dec 1 2008, 09:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Not that I really know anything about this, but.. what would be the point of the skyhawks returning to service?

Surely they wouldn't really be capable any proper defence against what most countries have? What would be the point from a defence point of view?

Never underestimate them!
Had an avionics upgrade to bring them more into line with F-16 gear not that long ago, combine that with our local terrain and the experience of our pilots - let alone the maneuverability of these rapid little beasts and I know I sure as hell wouldn't wanna try taking them on
And besides... If they're no good as a combat aircraft these days, how come the US DoD will not permit us to sell them? Odd being that the major party that was interested in buying them is a US outfit contracted to train USAF pilots...

[deaneb]

QUOTE (ZK-Brock @ Dec 1 2008, 09:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Not that I really know anything about this, but.. what would be the point of the skyhawks returning to service?

Surely they wouldn't really be capable any proper defence against what most countries have? What would be the point from a defence point of view?

Our Defence force is not (nor has it ever or will it be) geared up to protect our country from invasion or threat from another country. This will always require asistance from our allies. But in low level threat situations, terrorism, peacekeeping operations, some form of air power is required. Additionally, if any of the three services are deployed into an area of operations (Afghanistan etc) then interoperability with fast jets is part of that. If we have none ourselves, it makes it hard for them to practice at home with this kind of support.
The macchis are a distinct possibility as they will offer some of the latter as well as increasing the overall piloting skills which (in my opinion) have suffered since that part of the wings course was removed.

Deane

[CDTDAN]

I think they won't let us sell them because the U.S State department are 'angry' because we LABOUR cancelled the F-16A/B purchase, and also not letting nuclear ships in to our country..
(Apparently were not pulling our weight in world peacekeeping... not that our Skyhawks could fly all the way to those problem countries without deconstructing them and putting them in our Hercs) However, i'm with Alfashark on this one, it'd be good to fire 'em up, after all they are heavily upgraded... See here

This Calls for a new MB339 CB for FSX