The German politics plan to close 2 more jet-fighter airbases soon. Wittmund is on the list to be one of them.....
...that is how they told it on the radio, so do not get mad at me for this
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So it is no longer a rumour anymoreSlijfie wrote:Wittmund... I heard the rumour at Wittmund last week: closure next autumn, the end of the Luftwaffe Phantom. What 's the other airbase?
You are totally right about "What if´s".....nilsko wrote: (Maybe a seperate split towards the Praethuys might be in place to talk about the "what-ifs";-) )
Military News seems to be a better forum, for the time being.nilsko wrote:(Maybe a seperate split towards the Praethuys might be in place to talk about the "what-ifs";-) )
Not necessarily, obviously. Given the fact that the Typhoon now has bomber capabilities, that the new Tornado recce pod (RAPTOR) is currently also being integrated on Polish AF F-16's and that Sniper pods are also used for both recce and SEAD purposes, the choice for a specific platform becomes less and less crucial. That's the downside of the swing-role concept.. air forces standardizing on either the F-16/F-22 line, the Eurofighter/Typhoon line or (in one case) the Rafale line.nilsko wrote:@frank: True of course. But will it be on the same platform (Tornado)?
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