That is fantastic.There are rumours that we might get some. Conversions from THY fleet to be specific. According to the rumours we will convert 7 of them to MRTT spec in order to replace our KC-135Rs.
I wonder who will do the conversion.
That is fantastic.There are rumours that we might get some. Conversions from THY fleet to be specific. According to the rumours we will convert 7 of them to MRTT spec in order to replace our KC-135Rs.
That is the news in a lot of circles. But remember that the KC-135s are going through major avionics based upgrading. One plane already back with upgrades. Second is in US at the moment.There are rumours that we might get some. Conversions from THY fleet to be specific. According to the rumours we will convert 7 of them to MRTT spec in order to replace our KC-135Rs.
Having both would be great! 7 dedicated tankers + 7 multirole.That is the news in a lot of circles. But remember that the KC-135s are going through major avionics based upgrading. One plane already back with upgrades. Second is in US at the moment.
Why spend money if Airbus 330 conversion is on the table? Unless of course they will all be included in to the fleet!
Maybe
There aren't any other alternatives really.
I Checked if there is another Military Freighter with bigger Payloads currently in Serial Production and the answer is no.
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If the Turkish MoD orders additional A400Ms in 2022 we will likely see them arrive in 2025 (It takes approx. 3 Years from Order to Delivery)
The need for additional A400Ms seems to be there.
Egypt is set to pay 183 Million for C130J (20 Ton Payload) which makes the cost for A400Ms easier to swallow.
US Senate backs $2.2 billion military sale of C-130 Super Hercules planes to Egypt
Republican Senator Rand Paul had sought to stop the sale, joined by some of the 100-member Senate's most progressive Democrats.www.egypttoday.com
Germany have 53 A400s on order while France plans to have 50. France has many overseas territories to cover but why would Germany need so many of them?
How many A400M would Turkey need to satisfy Turkey's current outward facing foreign policy and deployments ?
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You see, this here is the pointThese Arabs pay for anything
They should be bargaining not getting themselves ripped off.
I think Turkey should look into the future and stop buying new transport planesHow many A400M would Turkey need to satisfy Turkey's current outward facing foreign policy and deployments ?
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You see, this here is the point
They are willingly getting ripped off in order to please the West
Most weapons sale of Arabs rn are redundant and are made to gain political poijts with the West. In Egypt's case, just look at a massive arms deal with Italy worth more than 5 billion euros for shitty old frigates and typhoon jets the moment the egyptian authorities killed an Italian national in Egypt; another example is how Egypt saves the French defence industry whenever they face shortages in profits and possible layoffs start looming around
If Egypt spent half of what it spends on such sales on R&D instead, then Egypt would have been a massive defemce industrial hub
There aren't any other alternatives really.
I Checked if there is another Military Freighter with bigger Payloads currently in Serial Production and the answer is no.
View attachment 42049
If the Turkish MoD orders additional A400Ms in 2022 we will likely see them arrive in 2025 (It takes approx. 3 Years from Order to Delivery)
The need for additional A400Ms seems to be there.
Egypt is set to pay 183 Million for C130J (20 Ton Payload) which makes the cost for A400Ms easier to swallow.
US Senate backs $2.2 billion military sale of C-130 Super Hercules planes to Egypt
Republican Senator Rand Paul had sought to stop the sale, joined by some of the 100-member Senate's most progressive Democrats.www.egypttoday.com
I did exactly same research two days ago and come to conclusion that A400M is very expensive for some regular tasks, may be Turkey can cooperate with Japan for Kawasaki C2, less agile, less flexible but cheaper or even commercial cargo planes. If Ruskies did not intervened best option would be An-188, or lets say a mix fleet of An-70 with jet engines and/or TP400. A400M is the best and infrastructure already exists, however it is very expensive and range is shorter.
Germany have 53 A400s on order while France plans to have 50. France has many overseas territories to cover but why would Germany need so many of them?
Airbus A330 MRTT is a better option.
Faster, longer range, bigger payload, tanker role.
One plane could take the Ataks to the Philippines with no stopovers.