Skyhawk

[Naki]

[Splitpin]

Holy cow ..... you did it again

[Ian Warren]

Such a pity to have them sitting doing nothing for over a decade ... whoops stepped back in time

[Splitpin]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Dec 20 2014,11:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Such a pity to have them sitting doing nothing for over a decade ... whoops stepped back in time

Dont go too the bad place Ian .... It may change , the white house loves NZ .
I wonder what would happen if the Kremlin sent a bigger box of choc's ...... Flankers at Ohakea ? , argh , whatever .
As i said in the other post .... lets not detract from Naki's work ... take it somewhere else.

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Splitpin @ Dec 21 2014,6:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Dont go too the bad place Ian .... It may change , the white house loves NZ .
I wonder what would happen if the Kremlin sent a bigger box of choc's ...... Flankers at Ohakea ? , argh , whatever .
As i said in the other post .... lets not detract from Naki's work ... take it somewhere else.

Not to detrac the fact ... my place is a White House with blue trimmings .. just need some Soviet Red .. just to whined the North Koreans up .... Skyhawks painted up as RNZAF machines attack Kim ILL Wong or who ever hell he is and all this to put the blame on the New Zealand , well what you call a Gov .. strike I say !

[Naki]

Thanks guys

Quite happy to discuss defence matters...in truth I think to play with the big boys now in the fast jet arena would mean F-35s ..which even much wealthier countries are struggling to afford. Maybe some high powered jet trainers will suffice if we want to least keep some experience in the fast jet game...like KAI TA-50s (ge404 powered with APG66s radar etc.)..yes I know I said JAS-39s in another thread

Whilst in no way a big fan of her I remember Helen Clark saying in disbandment of the fast jet sqns that we should do better in less areas and that we have to be a niche player instead spreading ourselves thinly over a number of areas. This will certainly be true if we get C-17s (a very impressive machine by any Air Forces standard) and can be also said about the NH-90s (which aren't the cheapest choppers around)...plus we still have P-3s..an area which the RAF and the Dutch have given up on but makes sense for us as a maritime nation. So an air force equipped with NH-90s, C-17s and P-3s (and P-8s hopefully) ..not forgetting the new T-6s we can certainly be proud of, even if it misses a fast jet element.