CJS wrote:Totally different when the type is still in service. See also Indian Jaguars, Spanish and American Harriers, Iranian Tomcats etc...
Huge teams of personnel to keep them serviceable, support from the companies which designed the aircraft, a steady supply of available spares and so on (obviously one of my examples doesn't have all of this ).
Compare that to a group of volunteers who need to fund raise for everything and you start to see why it's so unlikely.
Phantom to the sky anyone?.......................