stillchris:


Epic.

patches689:


Whatever you say cheif

Just like NAF is totally raping bokko haram

[sarcasm intensifies]

Henry120:


Same way they only need

9 pilots
A grounded A109 fleet
56 years old dakota's

patches689:


Nope - USAF considers pilots combat ready with just 50 hours per year
Half of french pilots only fly 40 hours per year on their main platforms
SAAF excellence has been confirmed by our joint exercises with other Gripen users where we impressed them

patches689:


14 pilots
grounded pending paperwork being cleared
56 year old airframe, 18 year old engines and avionics

Henry120:


Same way the U.S and coalition fighters have been carrying out non-stop airstrikes on the tiny town of Kobani for over 3 months.

Go save your grounded Airforce.

stillchris:


man.. you've lied so much you can't help it.

USAF "considers" does not mean the already fly 50 hours. are you sure you are okay?

half if french pilots still fly 180 hours per year and US pilots still fly 120. how is that even compared to the pathetic 1h 30mins per month of SAAF.

do you have shame at all

Henry120:


Stories that touch.

patches689:


and stopped the town from being overrun

how many towns have fallen to boko haram over the last few months?

Henry120:


No town is controlled by boko-haram. Operations are currently on-going in those areas.

500 airstrikes on a small town, yet the enemy is still dug in.

patches689:


fact of the matter is, USAF - the best in the world- considers pilots with 50 hours per year to be combat ready

fact of the matter is that half of french pilots only get 40 hours on their main platforms and are combat ready

yet you insult us about averaging 60 hours per year?

stillchris:



fact is USAF pilots still clock 120 hours per year.

fact is half of French pilots that are combat ready still fly 180 hours per year which is still way out of your league because half of those who fly the 180 hours is almost 10 times your 9 pilots.

you insulted yourselves by buying what you can't afford to maintain. #3rdWorldAirForce

AugustineAgain:


Trained pilot is NOT = Qualified pilot.

SAAF has NO SINGLE qualified Gripen pilot, flight-global report says each pilot flies ONLY 33 hours a whole year....far far lower than about 150 hours required to qualify.

SAAF Gripen jet pilots are NOT qualified to go to war, NOT qualified to challenge NAF F-7 jets or incoming JF-17 Thunder
.

stillchris:



fact is USAF pilots still clock 120 hours per year.

fact is half of French pilots that are combat ready still fly 180 hours per year which is still way out of your league because half of those who fly the 180 hours is almost 10 times your 9 pilots.

you insulted yourselves by buying what you can't afford to maintain. #3rdWorldAirForce

patches689:


yes, some USAF pilots do clock that, because they are the best in the world. We dont need to so we wont waste money on doing so. Fact is, USAF policy states: 50 hours per year makes you combat ready

Fact is the other half of french combat pilots fly less hours than we do

We can afford to maintain all gripen, if we need to. But at this point in time our defense requirements do need need Gripen pilots, we need Oryx pilots, so that is where funding is directed.

However, if the time comes that we need the Gripen fleet, it is ready and waiting, with a pool of Hawk LIFT pilots ready for conversion. We will not be caught with our pants down, like our dear brothers from east africa, whom only now, after years of war have found a platform that suits their needs, and yet still have to wait months (if not years) to have it operational.

Prepare for war in peace - 'tis the south african way.

AugustineAgain:


Trained pilot is NOT = Qualified pilot.

SAAF has NO SINGLE qualified Gripen pilot, flight-global report says each pilot flies ONLY 33 hours a whole year....far far lower than about 150 hours required to qualify.

SAAF Gripen jet pilots are NOT qualified to go to war, NOT qualified to challenge NAF F-7 jets or incoming JF-17 Thunder
.

stillchris:


aside from the lies you are trying to convince yourself with, from your own comment you have helped us prove that:

SAAF truly lacks pilots for its gripen and rely on hawk pilots to magically convert to fighter pilots.

prepare for war in peace by starving your airforce of well trained fighter pilots? you are getting desperate my man

stillchris:


i think our F7 will rape their gripen because it will be between the pilots and not the jets. i doubt they'll even be able to fuel the jets fir combat.

stillchris:


aside from the lies you are trying to convince yourself with, from your own comment you have helped us prove that:

SAAF truly lacks pilots for its gripen and rely on hawk pilots to magically convert to fighter pilots.

prepare for war in peace by starving your airforce of well trained fighter pilots? you are getting desperate my man

Henry120:


You have no aviation fuel.
No they cannot, that's why you are stuck with 9 pilots.
They are grounded because you are broke.
No, you only have 3 C-130's for a 1.2 million kilometre area.

mzilakazi:
SANDF spy satellite launched this morning- This is according to DA.


http://m.news24.com/fin24/Tech/News/Possible-SA-spy-satellite-blasts-off-DA-20141219

patches689:


French airforce relies on pilots who train on lead-infighters for training. Why cant we?

NaijaPikinGidi:


When you know exactly what has been launched from Kazakhstan come back and tell us! Right now you are all a confused bunch if the DA and ANC cannot tell which Russian made satellite has been launched ...

stillchris:

[citation needed]

lol.. i like this your gradual confessions.

NaijaPikinGidi:


When you know exactly what has been launched from Kazakhstan come back and tell us! Right now you are all a confused bunch if the DA and ANC cannot tell which Russian made satellite has been launched ...

jl115:

NAF lacks Pilots period, never mind the fact you only have 2 for the 60 year old F-7s

stillchris:


they desperately want it to be a spy satelite

stillchris:




those f7 are more modern than your 1990s gripen

mzilakazi:
SANDF spy satellite launched this morning- This is according to DA.


http://m.news24.com/fin24/Tech/News/Possible-SA-spy-satellite-blasts-off-DA-20141219

stillchris:



fact is USAF pilots still clock 120 hours per year.

fact is half of French pilots that are combat ready still fly 180 hours per year which is still way out of your league because half of those who fly the 180 hours is almost 10 times your 9 pilots.

you insulted yourselves by buying what you can't afford to maintain. #3rdWorldAirForce

patches689:


multiple towns are under BH controll

ISIS are still there because the kurds cant push them out, but airstrikes stopped the town being overrun