lol at “the Iranian presidential helicopter was so old”, the US Air Forces Ones (there’s two of them) were built in the 80s ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 20-May-2024 13:22:45 JST Thomas 🔭✨
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 20-May-2024 13:24:01 JST Thomas 🔭✨
“But they can’t get parts!”
Yes, third party countries don’t exist through which parts can be bought for helicopters to circumvent sanctions, it’s unpossible!
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Scott Michaud (scottmichaud@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Monday, 20-May-2024 13:24:42 JST Scott Michaud
@thomasfuchs Would you rather a Boeing from the 80s in the 2020s or a Boeing from the 2020s in the 2020s?
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 20-May-2024 13:24:48 JST Thomas 🔭✨
@scottmichaud good point
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 20-May-2024 13:41:17 JST Thomas 🔭✨
@mivox @scottmichaud this is about the replacements that are currently worked on
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mivox :ri: (mivox@mivox.net)'s status on Monday, 20-May-2024 13:41:28 JST mivox :ri:
@scottmichaud @thomasfuchs If it were maintained like the presidential planes likely are (meaning, definitely nothing to do with regular Boeing procedures), I’d take either!
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