Russia sells 21 helicopters to U.S. forces in Afghanistan

Xinhau Net ^ | 2011-05-28 01:51:34 | Editor: Mu Xuequan

[lentulusgracchus]

we need legislation that all government equipment military and civilian, must be American made with a majority of parts made in USA.

I thought we had a treaty agreement with the other NATO countries, under which all NATO governments would do their military procurement within NATO. Or am I wrong?

Meanwhile ..... just be sure to remove all the extra microphones, fellers! LOL!

[lentulusgracchus]

I read an article about 15 years ago that said that US general-aviation manufacturing had been dried up by liability lawyers.

Now I think I read that production had resumed here and there -- but that a lot of U.S. mfrs had offshored their a/c production, again for liability reasons. Is this so? I think you would know better, so I'm asking.

Those damned airplane-manufacturing tortfeasors! </s>

[lentulusgracchus]

You need to keep ‘em sober too which can be tricky when they like drinking the fuel.

Maintenance crews servicing MiG-25's used to drain the brake fluid and drink it -- it was pure ethanol. It was a medium-sized readiness headache. So to speak.

[taildragger]

Yes a lot of newer stuff has gone off shore, Diamond is made in Canada, and a lot of the kits are done in the Czech Republic, Poland etc. Their are your survivors, but they prices are so brutal, no one can go out and buy a new Piper 4 seater like they did eons ago unless your a brain surgeon.