[Growing independence?] SAUDI OPENS F-15 MAINTENANCE CENTER

IMRA ^ | April 22, 2004 | MENL

[yonif]

ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Saudi Arabia has opened a center for the maintenance of its F-15 fighter-jet fleet.

The Royal Saudi Air Force has opened the center at the Prince Khaled Air Base in the Asir region in the southern portion of the kingdom. The center will focus on the maintenance and overhaul of the F-15 fighter-jet fleet procured by the United States over the last 25 years.

In February, Saudi Defense Minister Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz inaugurated what was termed the F-15 Engine Industrial and Development Center. The center was meant to overhaul, repair and install the twin engines of the F-15 aircraft.

Saudi military sources said the center will train Saudi nationals in servicing the F-15 engine as well as its components. The center will be overseen by U.S. defense contractors that provide the engine for the F-15.

[Feckless]

Yeah, I want to fly in anything, much less a high performance combat aircraft, maintained by a Saudi.

I've seen the folks in action and I'm not sure they can maintain public sewers without foriegn help.

[FreedomPoster]

There you have it.

While I have no first-hand experience, every account I have read seems to indicate this is a people with no ability to maintain and operate large industrial systems. Jet fighters qualify under that heading, as do many other things.

[varon]

B.S. They have flying carpets, in fact, they invented them.

I saw it on a cartoon once.

And they are real, I swear by allah, the moon god.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

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