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But why order them to be scrapped? That costs the Air Force more than just striking them from inventory, recovering the GFE and letting Northrop deal with them
by dingaling 9y ago
But why order them to be scrapped? That costs the Air Force more than just striking them from inventory, recovering the GFE and letting Northrop deal with them.
Both the UK and Canadian governments issued similar orders ( TSR2 and CF-105 ) but in those cases it was spiteful destruction to prevent a subsequent government from reinstating the programmes.
- CapitalistCartr 9y agoSecrecy. The USAF routinely orders enough (?) spare parts for secret equipment, then scraps all the tooling. They love shredding/burning amything classified. Then the system gets extended to a longer life, and an expensive new store of spare parts gets rolled into upgrades. Full dosclosure: old guy who experienced enough of USAF to be a touch cynical about procurement.
- drharby 9y agoFormer acquisitions officer, that government spending puts a smirk on my face