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I find it sad that European airforces buy so many US planes.

• egeozcan 8y ago
  It is much more economical that US keeps doing what it does better.
• claydavisss 8y ago
  any worse than the fact the many host the USAF at permanent bases? the UK, Italy, Germany...all have permanent military bases for the USA...they're practically garrisoned
• _delirium 8y ago
  US-designed, but partly Belgian-manufactured. These things are always political/economic horsetrading, and as part of the deal, Belgium got one of the F-16 production lines placed in Charleroi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon#Into_production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting...
  • ElBarto 8y ago
    Well, when the news is all about security and Chinese hacks and untrustworthy hardware I find it strange to rely 100% on foreign hardware for one's airforce. Europe isn't an American colony. If anything it should be the other way round.
    • refurb 8y ago
      Considering how little the EU spends on the military compared to the US, it shouldn’t be surprising at all.
      • ElBarto 8y ago
        That's a strawman to the point...
• kopo 8y ago
  And here I was wondering what Belgium needs an AirForce for, leave alone an F-16. Whoever attacks they are going to surrender in 3 weeks anyway and act as battlefield rental space as they always have throughout history. Pointless waste of resources. Just a testament to top quality American marketing.