A St. Louis-made Boeing F-15 at sunset. Now the sun is setting on Boeing's defense unit's headquarters staff in St. Louis. (Boeing Corp. photo)
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Posted on 09/29/2017 8:20:35 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
BERLIN • Germany has asked the U.S. military for classified data on two Boeing fighter jets as it looks to replace its aging Tornado warplanes, giving a potential boost to the U.S. company locked in a trade dispute with Canada and Britain.
A letter sent by the German defense ministry's planning division, reviewed by Reuters, said it had identified Boeing's F-15 and F/A-18E/F fighters as potential candidates to replace the Tornado jets, which entered service in 1981. Both fighters are made in St. Louis.
A classified briefing is expected to take place in mid-November, following a similar briefing provided by U.S. officials about the Lockheed Martin Corp. F-35 fighter jet in July.
The ministry has said it is also seeking information from European aerospace giant Airbus, which builds the Eurofighter Typhoon along with Britain's BAE Systems and Italy's Leonardo.
The development is a boost for Boeing at a time when it is under fire from Canada and Britain after its complaint prompted the United States to impose a preliminary 220-percent duty on CSeries jets built by Bombardier.
Boeing said it was working with the U.S. government to provide the information that Germany had requested.
Germany, due to decide in mid-2018 about how to replace the Tornado planes, announced plans in July to build a European fighter jet together with France. But the new jet is unlikely to be available by 2025, when Germany's fleet of Tornado fighters are slated to start going out of service.
Sources familiar with the process said Germany was pursuing a two-pronged approach under which it would buy an existing fighter to replace the Tornado, while working with France on a new European jet to replace its Eurofighters at a later point.
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A St. Louis-made Boeing F-15 at sunset. Now the sun is setting on Boeing's defense unit's headquarters staff in St. Louis. (Boeing Corp. photo)
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The canopy looks bulbous for this angle. Still one of my favorite fighters.
Ok, so what the heck do they need fighter jets for?
They’ve been invaded and already taken over...who is their enemy?
Are they training muzzie pilots???
from this angle.
it’s a scam to distract the WH
Mmmm....plane porn.
Maybe they are responding to Trump’s criticism of Nato countries for not spending enough on defense. Surely you don’t object.
Maybe they are responding to Trump’s criticism of Nato countries for not spending enough on defense. Surely you don’t object.
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Of course I don’t...i was being part funny and pointing out some truth...kinda like Rush does.
Who knows? Maybe they want to give them to the Muzzies.
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