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Of interest is the Bangladeshi Air Force flights using their ex UK RAF C130J Hercules into Beirut. As usual the bean counters missed a bargain there, especially as senior Air Corps officers specified that they needed Long Range MR aircraft, like the USCG Hercs. Two fitted out for MR and three for transport with full support package from Marshalls would look bloody smart now.Sarsfield
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Originally posted by Sarsfield View PostOf interest is the Bangladeshi Air Force flights using their ex UK RAF C130J Hercules into Beirut. As usual the bean counters missed a bargain there, especially as senior Air Corps officers specified that they needed Long Range MR aircraft, like the USCG Hercs. Two fitted out for MR and three for transport with full support package from Marshalls would look bloody smart now.
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Originally posted by Jetjock View PostSome very interesting pics on the IAC Twitter account of the second aid delivery by a CASA to Beirut. Aircraft fully loaded with pallets full length around the MPA operators console.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1295387992803155974
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Don Lavery on twitter is saying the DoD have ruled out any further Transport aircraft purchase.
He hasn't been incorrect lately, he had the 4th PC12 when everyone else was saying it was a demo/lease, He had the C295 before anyone else.
So much for new minister, new secgen, cleen sweep of DoD.For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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Originally posted by na grohmiti View PostDon Lavery on twitter is saying the DoD have ruled out any further Transport aircraft purchase.
He hasn't been incorrect lately, he had the 4th PC12 when everyone else was saying it was a demo/lease, He had the C295 before anyone else.
So much for new minister, new secgen, cleen sweep of DoD.
The department is still the same as it has been for the past nearly 100 years, it cannot be expected to change.
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Originally posted by na grohmiti View PostDon Lavery on twitter is saying the DoD have ruled out any further Transport aircraft purchase.
He hasn't been incorrect lately, he had the 4th PC12 when everyone else was saying it was a demo/lease, He had the C295 before anyone else.
So much for new minister, new secgen, cleen sweep of DoD.
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Originally posted by na grohmiti View PostDon Lavery on twitter is saying the DoD have ruled out any further Transport aircraft purchase.
He hasn't been incorrect lately, he had the 4th PC12 when everyone else was saying it was a demo/lease, He had the C295 before anyone else.
So much for new minister, new secgen, cleen sweep of DoD.
The current thinking that you absolutely must retire an aircraft to justify replacing it seems to be the problem. If there's life left in them why not? 20,000 hours per aircraft currently.
Flying point A to point B is a lot easier on an airframe than repeated high-lo-high mission profiles over salt water.
Fair play to the IAC. The recent can do/make do attitude is refreshing and hopefully a sign of more to come.
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Originally posted by Jetjock View PostIf money is looking tight for the foreseeable the repurposing of the current CASAs might be of interest again.
The current thinking that you absolutely must retire an aircraft to justify replacing it seems to be the problem. If there's life left in them why not? 20,000 hours per aircraft currently.
Flying point A to point B is a lot easier on an airframe than repeated high-lo-high mission profiles over salt water.
Fair play to the IAC. The recent can do/make do attitude is refreshing and hopefully a sign of more to come.
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Another troop rotation this week to Kosovo by the CASA.
Check out the different passengers we carried on board this week. From Pediatric aeromedical retrievals for @NASCriticalCare from Poland and the UK, to troop rotations from KFOR
— Irish Air Corps (@IrishAirCorps) October 30, 2020
Members of the media also joined us on one of our daily patrols@defenceforces #strengthenthenation pic.twitter.com/10kJ5FA8s5
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Originally posted by Jetjock View PostIf money is looking tight for the foreseeable the repurposing of the current CASAs might be of interest again.
The current thinking that you absolutely must retire an aircraft to justify replacing it seems to be the problem. If there's life left in them why not? 20,000 hours per aircraft currently.
Flying point A to point B is a lot easier on an airframe than repeated high-lo-high mission profiles over salt water.
Fair play to the IAC. The recent can do/make do attitude is refreshing and hopefully a sign of more to come.
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Originally posted by EUFighter View PostIt would be interesting to know just how many hours in a transport role would be left on the current aircraft.
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