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Originally Posted by speede5
The Hawk is not on loan, they were bought by DND funds and at the end of the day are owned by DND.
I was just getting at the logistics issues with something from europe, and the fact that buying the plane is only half the story. After sales parts supply is ridiculously expensive, and prices are not set in stone. Parts prices routinely double triple or worse over the life of the aircraft.
Also, these planes are old. It's not just the airframe, but all the technology inside, and not just avionics. At it's core the Hawk is a very old airplane, and it shows. You have no idea what it is going to take, and the extra money we are going to spend, just to get the Hawk to the 20 year mark. You want the same in a fighter jet? You only get to make this purchase once for the next 30 years, why would you start with something that's already 10-20 years old?
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Sorry the hawk is leased not loaned. In any event it's not ours permanently. The reason why I wouldn't want to buy the F-35 vs something else is because it's too damn expensive! It's been an boondoggle from the beginning, the government said part of its duties would be sovereignty patrols when it's clearly designed to sneak in and bomb things. I'm trying to look at things that are really necessary for our military and I don't think this is one of them. If our government wants the ability to bomb stuff go get cruise missiles and launch them from ships.