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Irish Air Corps / more cuts

« on: May 04, 2003, 07:54:30 pm »

be careful ,if you don't have a strong DF may be luxembourg attack ireland and win
sorry
i think your army has the good size for your country but poor in equipment like the tank squadron ,too small , just good for police operation .
your navy is very limit ,no large ship , just for ZEE operation but your sailors do a very good job.
And the IAC , for me ,it's just a training air force , you are very limit for civilian or military operation and the equipment is very old like the gazelle or the cessna 172 , your pilot take a lot of risk in the future if you stay with these planes .

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Irish Air Corps / berties jet

« on: May 25, 2003, 02:51:17 pm »

No cash left to pay for Bertie's new jet
 


DON LAVERY

TENDERS to supply the Government with two new executive jets which could cost up to €60m have to be in by Friday - but the Department of Defence has no money with which to buy them.

Although both new jets are supposed to be in service by October 1, the Government still hasn't figured out how to pay for them. Defence Minister Michael Smith has admitted that there is no money in the 2003 Defence Vote to acquire the planes and conceded that "additional funding will have to be identified".

Tenders must be in by Friday and will deal with new, or second-hand planes which can be bought outright, leased, lease purchased or other arrangements made.

The larger of the two new jets will replace the Gulfstream 4 and must be able to carry at least 25 passengers with a crew of five; the second jet will be able to carry seven passengers. and will replace the Beechcraft King Air plane.


from the indo :'>

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Irish Air Corps / more cuts aris is aris

« on: June 23, 2003, 03:08:30 pm »

Labour Party leader Pat Rabbitte has claimed that any further cutbacks in the Air Corps could end up creating a false economy. Mr Rabbitte was reacting to the news that the Government has cancelled the purchase of five medium-lift helicopters for the Air Corps. The Labour leader, who met representatives of the Defence Forces today, said the cancellation was a clear breach of commitments made in a white paper on defence three years ago. He added that existing cutbacks had already affected staff morale and warned that further "down-sizing" could undermine the Air Corps as a whole.

as always ,berties needs come first !!