Probably not, because AIUI the exported F-84Fs & RF-84Fs were all paid for by the USA through MDAP.Could Hawker compete with Republic and the US in price?
And big bribes as well.Probably, not because AIUI the exported F-84Fs & RF-84Fs were all paid for by the USA through MDAP.
I thought that was Lockheed with the Starfighter. I didn't know Republic bribed people to buy the F-84 too.And big bribes as well.
How do you figure? They're completely seperate companies and the Lockheed bribery scandal was years after the F-84 was sold to Europe. The two are not even remotely relatedAll tarred with the same brush.
How do you figure? They're completely seperate companies and the Lockheed bribery scandal was years after the F-84 was sold to Europe. The two are not even remotely related
So that’s 195 million bucks worth of Hawker aircraft paid for by the US taxpayer for use by RAF, RN, and the Belgians/Dutch. I wonder if the additional $117M of Hawks for those countries were decided before or after the US aid buy?The largest single order placed by the United States is for Hawker "Hunter" interceptor planes costing $140 millions, to be built in the United Kingdom.
The Hawker "Hunter" will also be produced on the Continent for the first time, under US offshore contracts with Belgium and the Netherlands totalling $42 millions.
In addition to these agreements, the United States Navy has signed a contract with the United Kingdom Government to buy a quantity of the Hawker "Sea Hawk" aircraft costing $13 millions under the off-shore procurement programme.
America, always evil, you see...
Actually, seems that MDAP funds were used quite ingeniously in some cases. In early 1950's the issue was how to create combat capability as fast as possible rather than just handling pork, like during later years.
Dassault Mystère IV - Wikipedia
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France was the main operator of the Mystère IV and at the peak usage operated 6 squadrons. Most of the aircraft were purchased under a United States Offshore Procurement contract and many were returned to US custody after they were retired.[2] In April 1953 the United States government and the United States Air Force placed an order for 223 aircraft to be operated by the French.[2]
This plan provided for the production of military aircraft in Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Prolonged bilateral negotiations followed, in which numerous financial, technical and productions problems arose. All these have happily been overcome and the United States Government have now signed offshore procurement contracts for military aircraft to the value of $281,540,000 with Belgium, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. An additional contract with Italy is now in the final stage of negotiation.
These United States offshore procurement contracts make provision for the delivery of substantial numbers of the British Hawker "Hunter" and the French "Mystère". The largest single order placed by the United States is for Hawker "Hunter" interceptor planes costing $140 millions, to be built in the United Kingdom. A contract signed with France valued at $86,540,000 is for the Dassault "Mystère" Mark IV, a jet interceptor fighter.