I was glad to see she was absolutely laughed out of the room by practically all online mediums. In fact the numbers alone were very interesting, suggesting a greater level of engagement than I expected. Now is certainly the time for the NZDF to capitalise on an awakening of awareness of the Pacific, the threats and the potential instability that is coming.
I think they will mostly grasp the opportunity Rob. They can afford to buy a house there - in your home town of Marton or even in Bulls, Palmerston Nth or Feilding. A basic 3 Bedroom terrace in Hobsonville or West Harbour is now over $800000 and not affordable to anyone on a 5 Sqd salary. Way way less down there. I just jumped onto trademe to see what you can buy. The upshot is that they are about $500000 less than West Auckland.
Aucklanders love Auckland and everyone else, well dose'nt, same goes for the Air Force. I did everything humanly possible not to post there as so far as to threatening nay promising a signed 717 on direct posting, luckily for me it seemed to work. Auckland, nice enough place to visit but would do my head in living there.
There is a reasonable chance that Singapore will also opt for the P-8 to replace its Fokker 50's with the proliferation of submarines starting to build up in their area.
Totally agree, and there is a lot more going for it also recreationally, socially and educationally with very good polytechs in Palmy and Wanga's,also if you have the money some top private schools, for instance Nga Tawa in Marton has a 100% pass rate in Ncea . But I remember talking to some WH personal when Helen want to shut it and the problem was they were settled there and the OH region simply was not Auckland. The housing could be interesting as there is (for country town standards )a shortage locally. In Marton the current time on the market is 21 days and there is seldom more than 1 or 2 available for rent, Bulls is better for rent due to the ex married quarters sell off, Feilding has more available but it still could be tight. Some as you said will take this as an opportunity, but to other misguided souls it will be purgatory. Dear me, how sad, nevermind.
Interesting that Boeing has now made a major investment in Embraer, and (from the looks of it) will handle international marketing of the KC-390, amongst other aircraft. That will presumably help to assuage concerns about Embraer's ability to deal with production issues and provide customer support, if Boeing explicitly stand behind the KC-390. And being a next-to-launch customer (after Portugal - a NATO member) would enable negotiation of a sharp price and support package. Making the assumption that the KC-390 would stack up against the C-130(J); jet speed, Antarctic-range (true?) and a proper toilet on-board could swing it for the pollies...
With Boeing onboard it would definetly make the KC-390 a more lucrative propisition, at present Embraer & Brazil are unproven when it comes to Military Airlifters and this may put many Countries off. Also puts Boeing in a strong position for a future USAF C-130 replacement,
Interesting that there is mention of 'training aids' but nothing specific about a simulator. I really hope the DefMin was correct when he used the 's' word in an interview, and wasn't just meaning computer-based learning.
There is to be a simulator house built at OH as part of the infrastructure package. Mentioned in a lengthy article in the The Press dated July 14.
Despite the fact that Golriz is very easy on the eyes why do we allow foreign born people and dual citizens to become members of parliament?
Mate there will be full trainers/simulators for the P8 just like the NH-90, SH2Gi, MARs, ANZAC bridge sim the list goes on, it will be included as NZDF is fully aware of the benefits sims provide...IMHO it won't be long & all these sims will be integrated with each other in the future to provide JF command post type activities.
Why shouldn’t foreign born persons become members of parliament?
It depends on the country and the organization of the gov't. In the US for instance, the position of POTUS can only be held by a "natural born" US citizen which has generally be taken to mean someone born on US soil, although a sort of except/gray area was involved when Sen. McCain ran for the office of President in 2008, because he was born in the Panama when his father was stationed there.
Hi, Friends.
That is because the support package and additional gear the Germans ordered for their J's was quite significant and likely for an extended period.
Comparing prices between countries is a trap, how inclusive is that price, it may only be the basic Aircraft without all the extras. To get an idea of how many extras there are for a Transport aircraft have a look at the lists that go to Congress for a US FMS sale, there is about a further 10 items that have to be cleared, such as Comms, Decoys etc. Throw in a Trg Package for Aircrews & Ground Crews, equipment for ground crews Airbase upgrades and the real cost will be much higher.
An excellent piece of 'softening up' for another big ticket purchase, but this one will get over the line quite easily... the bulk of NZers grasp what the Hercs do and as the article states, we've done too little for too long!