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Reuters - 13th Oct 2011

Spain will withdraw the four F-18 aircraft deployed as part of its contribution to the NATO operation over Libya now that the...

Darren Olivier Not to defend those (and the Cuban medication was interferon, not a vaccine), but they're still not sufficient to cover the gaping shortfall. The...
SAAF Gripens grounded · 25 minutes ago
Darren Olivier You're right that it's mostly LRUs rather than the aircraft having been stripped of more fundamental components, but the cost to restock and refit all...
SAAF Gripens grounded · 29 minutes ago
W Donald R215 million on useless vaccines from Cuba , the multi million Rand contract for Cuban maintenance staff at highly inflated labour rates , that is...
SAAF Gripens grounded · an hour ago
Jared kruger Well yes you are correct I didn’t think of that. I was under the impression that the Cannibalised Gripens were not massively cannibalised but rather...
SAAF Gripens grounded · an hour ago
Darren Olivier I'm afraid not. Even if you halved the number of top staff you'd not generate enough savings to properly run Air Combat, let alone the rest of the...
SAAF Gripens grounded · 2 hours ago