How Turkey Destroyed Its Own Air Force (And No, Not In a War)
A nation that throws its fighter pilots in jail is not just wasting money, but also an extremely valuable resource.
Here s What You Need To Remember: Numerous senior and field-grade officers were purged. More than 300 F-16 pilots were dismissed. This defanged the Turkish military as a political threat, and strengthened the increasingly authoritarian rule of Erdogan and his neo-Ottoman Justice and Development Party, which has imprisoned many journalists.
Fighter pilots aren t cheap. The U.S. Air Force estimates that training a new pilot to fly a plane like the F-35 costs $11 million. And that doesn t count the priceless experience of a veteran pilot who has been flying for years. That s why the U.S. Air Force is willing to offer half-million-dollar bonuses to retain experienced fighter pilots.
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Cyclones-class patrol boats are fast and heavily armed - perfect for first response to Iranian aggression in the Persian Gulf.
Here s What You Need To Remember: The
Cyclones spent a decade in a kind of planning limbo. But then in 2003, the United States invaded Iraq. The patrol boats suddenly found their calling.
If the United States and Iran go to war in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. Navy’s smallest warships could be the first to see combat.
The Navy’s 13
Cyclone-class patrol boats also known as “PCs” for “patrol, coastal” each displace just 330 tons of water. An