Yeah, but he doesn't have anybody who knows how to take off or land it - just fly it.
I haven't read it but I'm sure it was sold to him or his conglomerate or some contact at a point in time when someone was considered to be an "ally." This perfectly illustrates the point as to why we need to stop the insanity of buddying up with one bad guy for the sake of fighting another. The former "friend" without fail comes back to nip us in the butt.
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Not really a big deal. The T-39 is a smallish business type jet. Much shorter legs than more modern designs in the same class. Probably bought it because it was cheap, not because he couldn't have bought something better on the open market. The AF got rid of them because they were getting too expensive to have around. Also because they functioned as the "base bird" at many bases, and the AF has centralised control of almost all transport. Pilots assigned to non-flying duties would often fly the T-39 (and earlier the T-29/C-131) as a way to keep their flying hours, and flight pay, up. Only person I ever talked to that had flow one rather liked it. Very manueverable.
My husband says he thinks that was back when bin Laden was in Sudan and that he crashed it.