plawolf
Lieutenant General
Am I the only one who is not hot on the idea of Argentina buying the JF17?
We need to note that the Argentine Air Force of today is a pale shadow of its glory days due to chronic lack of funding.
However, they have somehow retained the snobbery of their golden age, and looks down disdainfully at made in China jets.
My hope is that operating the JF17 will give them a dose of reality to cut through all the pop culture brainwashing that insists everything made in China is trash and make them realise what a great jet it is.
However my worry is that they will act like spoilt rich brats who got a BMW instead of the Ferrari they wanted and take it out on the JF17 with poor treatment of it and constantly heaping unwarranted criticism and put downs in the press to get back at their leaders for not giving them the toys they wanted.
Their poor state of readiness and low competence is also a concern, as there is a risk they would blame any human errors from their pilots on the jet to try to save face.
In addition, there is the political concern that the Argentine government might start getting stupid ideas about their Air Force being a regional powerhouse once more as soon as the first JF17d are delivered and make an ill timed move on the Falklands.
The JF17 Blk3 would struggle against RAF Typhoons even in the hands of the best pilots, with Argentine pilots lacking flight hours in general and not having had time to become fully proficient on the JF17, it would be like commuting suicide with extra steps.
Basically, I would prefer they not sell JF17s to them selling them to air forces that might treat them badly and use them poorly.
We need to note that the Argentine Air Force of today is a pale shadow of its glory days due to chronic lack of funding.
However, they have somehow retained the snobbery of their golden age, and looks down disdainfully at made in China jets.
My hope is that operating the JF17 will give them a dose of reality to cut through all the pop culture brainwashing that insists everything made in China is trash and make them realise what a great jet it is.
However my worry is that they will act like spoilt rich brats who got a BMW instead of the Ferrari they wanted and take it out on the JF17 with poor treatment of it and constantly heaping unwarranted criticism and put downs in the press to get back at their leaders for not giving them the toys they wanted.
Their poor state of readiness and low competence is also a concern, as there is a risk they would blame any human errors from their pilots on the jet to try to save face.
In addition, there is the political concern that the Argentine government might start getting stupid ideas about their Air Force being a regional powerhouse once more as soon as the first JF17d are delivered and make an ill timed move on the Falklands.
The JF17 Blk3 would struggle against RAF Typhoons even in the hands of the best pilots, with Argentine pilots lacking flight hours in general and not having had time to become fully proficient on the JF17, it would be like commuting suicide with extra steps.
Basically, I would prefer they not sell JF17s to them selling them to air forces that might treat them badly and use them poorly.
u just ripped off Rick & Morty !
