The penultimate Combat Aircraft was found but actually an article about one of the aircraft by the Austrian Armed Forces. Well, over at least one of which we have. Some time ago, so one of our hats Typhoons in the context of a Typhoon feature actually managed to centerfold, but the bird has caught this time peace is far less glamorous full. That was a nice little report on the Flyvapnet SK60 (aka coffin 105), that the capped Business Jet which the FFV Saab back then was bought out of pity. Is that really a miracle the thing still flies the Swedes, despite very useful service, and even one or the other upgrade. Even more surprising, of course, that the thing we also still flying, despite horrendous attrition, almost no maintenance and virtually in the same condition as on purchase 40 years ago (about the problems with maintaining, and also for our chronic under funding and the fact that we are merely assembled without need completely different drivers).
Even as coach of the bird is underground (and Team 60 flew / flies so even aerobatics!) But in our use as an auxiliary hunter is just more ridiculous. (Please the Air Force used the same task, a T-38 with the same performance parameters as our leasing F-5!).
However, Sweden has at least one idea how to make the thing not only einsatzfähig sondern auch verwendungsfähig macht - und macht sich diese Gedanken noch immer, bis man die Gurken irgendwann gegen Ende dieses Jahrzehntes durch die PC-21 ersetzen kann. Klar, die Dinger sind auch dort droben schon lange fliegende Särge.
Aber fliegend, immerhin. Wie lange man aber bei uns noch warten will bis sich die nächste 105er (nach erstaunlich langer Ruhe) irgendwo über Döllersheim oder der Innerkrems in einen echten Sarg verwandelt und der Boulevard aus allen Rohren feuert ist die andere Frage. Aber vielleicht ist das ja gewollt?
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