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EADS: USAF can buy 118 A400Ms with savings from C-130, C-5 retirements
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| 02/19/2010
| Stephen Trimble
Posted on 02/20/2010 8:27:23 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: antiRepublicrat
I have already been corrected in a previous post
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posted on
02/20/2010 10:03:56 PM PST
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
To: antiRepublicrat
I have already been corrected in a previous post
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posted on
02/20/2010 10:04:06 PM PST
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
To: A.A. Cunningham
I have already been corrected in a previous post
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posted on
02/20/2010 10:04:26 PM PST
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
To: Still Thinking
There was a report a month ago on the subject but i don’t remember from whom.
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posted on
02/20/2010 10:16:35 PM PST
by
rbosque
(11 year Freeper! Combat Economist.)
To: Doc91678
As it appears, the A400M will need improved runways If the A400M can't take off and land pretty much anywhere then we shouldn't even consider it. Hell, can an A400M do this?
To: sonofstrangelove
No sh*t! That program is under crisis with engine failures and risking chance to be unable to enter military service. If USAF needed 40t class transport, we just need to bring back Hanoi Taxi! We already got our own C-130J and don’t need those.
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posted on
02/20/2010 11:08:01 PM PST
by
Wiz
To: sonofstrangelove
A400M is not a counterpart of C-130J, but rather a counterpart of C-141 Starlifter in payload, at least in spec of the A400M, which is currently overestimated with lack of power of the engine. I believe we should build updated C-141 Starlifters and sell them to Europe to provide an alternative to the dead A400M.
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posted on
02/20/2010 11:14:44 PM PST
by
Wiz
To: sonofstrangelove
Fat chance, EADS.
![](http://www.kolobok.us/smiles/standart/blum3.gif)
The C-17
Globemaster III line is still open and it's far more likely that we could see additional follow-on orders for the C-17 to replace the oldest C-5's instead of buying the A400M.
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posted on
02/20/2010 11:23:51 PM PST
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's economic cure)
To: Wiz
Instead of the old 141, do what the Russians are doing, buy more IL-76. Cheaper option even.
I have worked with this A/C very imressive and can use unimporved field, does not need specialty ground equipment and so on.
OTOH, nothing so sweet as the roar of 4 turoprops in full reverse and knowing your ride back home as arrived...
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posted on
02/20/2010 11:35:41 PM PST
by
ASOC
(In case of attack, tune to 640 kilocycles or 1240 kilocycles on your AM dial.)
To: sonofstrangelove
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posted on
02/20/2010 11:51:13 PM PST
by
Red6
To: sonofstrangelove
51
posted on
02/20/2010 11:52:46 PM PST
by
Red6
To: Red6
Yes. I have already been informed. Thanks
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posted on
02/20/2010 11:53:19 PM PST
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
To: RayChuang88
The C17 can carry a tank.
A400 can’t.
Done.
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posted on
02/20/2010 11:58:20 PM PST
by
Red6
To: RayChuang88
C-5s are being upgraded with new engines and cockpits.
To: sonofstrangelove
The A400, another great EADS product like the 16 year late EF, A380, Herkules (Their versions on FBCB2)...... will be OK as tactical airlift within a theater of operation. This airframe will not be worth much for strategic lift. Lack of range, payload, unable to load a MBT, Self propelled howitzer........ No way can it fill the shoes of either C-5 or C-17.
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posted on
02/21/2010 12:12:02 AM PST
by
Red6
To: Red6
And the fact the production line jigs are ready to crank out an additional 80-120 planes (at reasonable cost per plane) to replace the oldest C-130’s and C-5’s means buying more C-17’s are the cheapest option.
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posted on
02/21/2010 4:04:18 AM PST
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's economic cure)
To: Always Independent
Alas, we’ll miss the famous loud whine of the TF39 engines on the C-5A’s and C-5B’s. The C-5M—using the same CF6-80C2 engine found on many modern airliners—sounds like a 747-400 on takeoff.
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posted on
02/21/2010 4:22:51 AM PST
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's economic cure)
To: Red6
The A400M can carry the Army’s fancy new Stryker and MRAP vehicles, the C-130J cannot.
An improved C-130 “widebody” has been discussed by Lockheed Martin, but they are too cash strapped dealing with the F-35 cost overruns to fund the design themselves.
Currently, the Air Force is using C-17s to move these vehicles aroun in theater, which is a waste of the C-17s purpose as a strategic airlifter, not a tactical one.
In order to accomodate these new land vehicles, either the US would have to sink a few billion into development of a C-130XL, have a contest for a new design, or buy the A400M off the shelf at very attractive prices.
The cheapest and quickest solution is to purchase some A400Ms to retire our oldest C-130s.
There is also an avionics update and re-engineing program for the C-5. It was determined by the bean counters that the oldest C-5As were too old to last long enough for the re-engineing to pay for itself, so only the C-5Bs are being upgraded to C-5Ms. As the older C-5As are retires, something needs to fill that gap.
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posted on
02/21/2010 6:43:22 AM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: OCC
Bet you could make a heck of a smoothie with those props.
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posted on
02/21/2010 6:46:37 AM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Live jubtabulously!)
To: RayChuang88
The C-17 Globemaster III line is still open I swear I saw somewhere that zero's budget kills the C-17. Am I wrong?
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posted on
02/21/2010 6:56:19 AM PST
by
6ppc
(It's torch and pitchfork time)
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