> On 4 August 2003, the German Air Force accepted its first series production Eurofighter (30+03) starting the replacement process of the Mikoyan MiG-29s inherited from the East German Air Force.
they used Soviet fighters for 20+ years? :kaia_dumb:
@lain@kaia i saw a starfighter during gscon, amazingly thin wings, lockheed engineers really were amazing :blobcateyes:
that is not to discount lockheed’s sales department which was equally amazing in convincing governments to buy their produce :kaia_smug:
@aetios yeah I understood they only had ~30, but I wouldn't have guessed that they'd go through the trouble of supporting an entirely different fighter for 20y with spare parts, mechanics and the fact that the producers probably shut down during Soviet collapse?
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