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2006-01-20 Africa North

Egypt's air force looking to Russia after 25-yr w/ U.S. fighters

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Posted by Alaska Paul 2006-01-20 00:09|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Don't do it, Egypt! Half-kiloton groundburst Aswan Dam. Whoosh!

Posted by Rory B. Bellows 2006-01-20 02:03|| 2006-01-20 02:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Another of Carter's legacies. Cut Egypt loose and let the Arabs and Russians support them.

BTW, think the Egyptians found the remote off switch on their F-16s?

Posted by ed 2006-01-20 08:19|| 2006-01-20 08:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Mr. Wife told stories in the latter part of the 1980s about walking past soldiers on guard duty in Cairo, whose sandals and weapons both were held together by duct tape. His first factory start-up there took considerably longer than planned, because the local staff didn't realize that it isn't enough just to list the chemicals needed; someone has to actually place the order with the supplier and arrange for payment (!!!) And then the equipment kept breaking down because nobody did the maintenance necessary to keep desert rats from crawling into the lines and dieing there, and their little mummified bodies blocked the flow until something broke upstream, requiring the whole system be broken down and examined until the problem was found.

I wouldn't be terribly worried about the Egyptians acquiring expensive and temperamental equipment of the sort that needs ongoing maintenance by highly trained technicians. But of course I'm generalizing from unrelated data. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2006-01-20 08:31|| 2006-01-20 08:31|| Front Page Top

#4 My former employer built and still provides technical support for two facilities outside Cairo.

The secret is to a) establish and maintain a long-term relationship with the powers that be, b) select an Egyptian 'representative' who is on good terms with the government and the power structure, and c) ensure that he is compensated extremely well.

You might still get screwed, but it won't be any worse than any Egyptian would get in the course of doing business.

Posted by Pappy 2006-01-20 11:10|| 2006-01-20 11:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Simple solution. If they do the alternate air frames its a good time to cut the Camp David mandated fleecing of US-AID every fiscal year.

NO MORE CAMP DAVID PEACE TREATY SHAKEDOWN PAYMENTS!

Posted by 3dc 2006-01-20 11:41|| 2006-01-20 11:41|| Front Page Top

#6 If you were a pilot, would you want to fly a plane manufactured in Egypt from sophisticated Russian blueprints?

I say let's do Israel a favor and encourage the Egyptians to go forward with this plan.

Posted by WhitecollarRedneck 2006-01-20 12:24|| 2006-01-20 12:24|| Front Page Top

#7 Sounds like somebody wants a raise in their allowance.

NO.

Posted by 6 2006-01-20 17:12|| 2006-01-20 17:12|| Front Page Top

#8 MIG 21's - hhhhhhhmmmmmmmm, sounds like the Russians intend to either rebuild or resell. The planes they've been promo the last few years are the heavier types, not good for the Hi-Lo Mix.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-01-20 21:54|| 2006-01-20 21:54|| Front Page Top

#9 TW I wouldn't be terribly worried about the Egyptians acquiring expensive and temperamental equipment of the sort that needs ongoing maintenance by highly trained technicians. But of course I'm generalizing from unrelated data.

Actually TB, I've worked with both US and Soviet military equipment. The american has a much higher peak performance, but requires a lot more TLC. The soviet works---no matter what.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-01-20 23:00|| 2006-01-20 23:00|| Front Page Top

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