Air Force to retire 250 aircraft and fighter jets

[WAQAS119]

US Air Force to retire 250 aircraft and fighter jets




HILL AIR FORCE BASE -- The U.S. Air Force will retire more than 250 aircraft and fighter jets in the next several months.

Those in the Air Force admit it's a bit of a risk phasing out so many of their fighter jets, but in the long run they hope it will make the force more effective.

As part of the Combat Air Force Reduction in Forces plan, Hill Air Force Base will send out 12 aircrafts in the next two months and another 12 this fall -- making their inventory smaller, but hopefully more lethal.

It's not just Hill Air Force Base losing fighter jets.

"As an Air Force, we are going to accelerate the retirement of 259 aircraft," said Col. David Hathaway with the 388th Fighter Wing unit.

It's all part of a master plan by the Air force, retiring several F-16s, F-15s and A-10s to save money.

"It frees up $355 million this fiscal year and over the next five fiscal years will free up $3.5 billion, which will allow us to reshape our force into a smaller, leaner, more agile and capable force for the future," Hathaway explains.

It also means Hill will be down one fighter squadron.

But the 617 military positions from the 388th Fighter Wing won't be lost, just reassigned somewhere else.

And though the retiring of these jets will mean the Air Force will have a smaller inventory right now, Hathaway says, "In the long term this makes us more lethal and combat capable, yet smaller force."

Another 12 aircraft will leave Hill Air Force Base late summer for Italy.

 

[ARCHON]

Its better for the world if they retire the whole armed forces.

 

[ARCHON]

Also it is an opportunity to buy these fighters for several countries.

 

[duhastmish]

who will buy this garbage ????

these tin can arfe too old , they can only be given free of cost. in the name of : support for " war of terror "

 

[WAQAS119]

^these garbage will be far better than most oldies... specially if US is giving these to anyone free, one should grasp this opportunity.

 

[ARCHON]

who will buy this garbage ????

these tin can arfe too old , they can only be given free of cost. in the name of : support for " war of terror "

Dont put it as a garbage. We have older fighters with uprgrades going on.

Wasnt the much hyped Admiral Gorshkov was put on sale which was built originally in 1987??Would you call it garbage too??

 

[graphican]

^these garbage will be far better than most oldies... specially if US is giving these to anyone free, one should grasp this opportunity.

USA would trade even this junk for some political or situational advantage. Nothing comes for free, specially if it is coming from USA and sometimes the "hidden" cost becomes multiple times more than the actual cost one tries to save.

 

[WAQAS119]

Any probability of offering these to Pakistan at low cost? I mean they can surely replace Miraj 3 and F-7's...

 

[ARCHON]

If the relationship doesn't go soar, i do see these birds landing on PAF turf.

 

[duhastmish]

^these garbage will be far better than most oldies... specially if US is giving these to anyone free, one should grasp this opportunity.

no worry waqas us loves pakistan way too much - to give them these jets for free.

and more over if paksitan get something for free - where would politicians make money - loool

i said garbage because these jets have almost past their fly time. now they are also too old. to refit. refitting will take lot of time - and say after 3-4 years these will be just way tooooo old these block -15 f-16 etc.

 

[My-Analogous]

May be we should expend our F16 inventry to 150 planes with MLU3 i will replace our mirages and f6 and reduce pressure from PAF and we buy more time for our jf17 project.

 

[WAQAS119]

^bro their is a typo in ur post check it out.

 

[gubbi]

who will buy this garbage ????

these tin can arfe too old , they can only be given free of cost. in the name of : support for " war of terror "

Geez, cant say much about the F-16s and the F-15s but hey, dont call the A-10 Warthog as garbage. That is an awesome gun with a plane attached!!

 

[duhastmish]

Geez, cant say much about the F-16s and the F-15s but hey, dont call the A-10 Warthog as garbage. That is an awesome gun with a plane attached!!

oh no worry mate nobody is getting free warthog , and brand new one will be way too expensive,

these are specialized fighter which are not really a need for small airforce. for the amount of upgrade and warthog paksitan can buy possible a chinese multi role .

and f-16 and old f-15 will stand not much chance because if the number will be small: maintaining upgrading and refurbishing will be too expensive.

american rather use them for drone targets.

 

[gambit]

Its better for the world if they retire the whole armed forces.

You can always forcibly retire US...I mean try to do it. So whose balls are big enough to man up and try?