Should we sell the AV8 Harrier Jump Jet and the OH-58 Kiowa Scout Helicopter to our friends and allies in Asia? The Asian partners & allies like Japan, Taiwan, the Phillipines and Thailand need to protect the areas by the disputed South China Sea. Selling all of them the 8 Squadrons of AV8 Harrier Jump Jets and the many OH-58 Kiowas could help them. Japan and Thailand have LHAs that can use the Harrier. The Phillipines can use the Harriers on their islands. Taiwan is buying the Harrier. What do you think? [~388348:LTC Charles T Dalbec] [~563704:LTC Stephen Ford] [~72335:LTC Kevin Broom, PhD] [~138758:COL Mikel Burroughs] [~543874:COL John Cole] [~368184:SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4"] [~802663:SSG Derrick L. Lewis, MBA, DSL, DL] [~645650:SSG Roger Ayscue] [~520566:SGT Keith Bodine] [~623793:SrA Eddie (V12) Vongtanaanek] [~378759:SrA Christopher Wright] [~584416:CPT Pedro Meza] [~188441:CPT L S] [~78668:CPT Jack Durish] [~195838:CPT Joshua Goforth] [~38789:1LT Eric Rosa] [~822250:Cadet 1LT James Wenning] [~227245:PO2 Manuel Basulto] [~1266:MAJ David Potter] [~334546:SFC William Farrell]

Posted on Jun 18, 2016

Should we sell the AV8 Harrier Jump Jet and the OH-58 Kiowa Scout Helicopter to our friends and allies in Asia?

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The Asian partners & allies like Japan, Taiwan, the Phillipines and Thailand need to protect the areas by the disputed South China Sea. Selling all of them the 8 Squadrons of AV8 Harrier Jump Jets and the many OH-58 Kiowas could help them. Japan and Thailand have LHAs that can use the Harrier. The Phillipines can use the Harriers on their islands. Taiwan is buying the Harrier. What do you think?

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Edited 8 y ago

Posted 8 y ago

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Yes, it helps our Allies and friends do their share of the protection of their Airspace

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COL Mikel J. Burroughs

Posted 8 y ago

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LTC John Shaw

8 y

Yes we should sell these platforms, no significant technology transfer will occur with platforms this old.

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SP5 Mark Kuzinski

8 y

I see no problem is this sale COL Mikel J. Burroughs - I do not see any major transfer of Tech.

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Cpl Paul Smith

8 y

The advantages of selling our equipment to others, even if we end up having to fight against it, we know all the schematics and vantage points. The only secrets will be any modifications made to the original piece. The alternative is facing equipment that we know little to nothing about and having to discover the weaknesses on the battlefield.

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SSgt Derek S.

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The alternatives to the sale would be we moth ball them hand have to pay for basic maintenance to be able to rapidly deploy them if needed or we keep fighting their battles for them.

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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel

Posted 8 y ago

Keep some for spare parts but Hell Yeah I'm a firm believer in sharing or giving them a friend of the family discount on some.

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1st Lt Karl Kratt

Posted 8 y ago

I think everyone seems to forget that India already has the Sea Harrier, so training on the AV-8B could easily be done there. As for training on the Kiowa, you only need to get someone trained on using a Observation Ball. Finding someone to fly or train people to fly the Kiowa is the simple part. It's a common helicopter for commercial use, and you have to remember that the OH-58 and the T-57 are the same airframe.

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