[quote][b][url=/v3/forum/europe-14/topic/royal-air-force-royaume-uni-343/?post=64782#post-64782]pilou[/url] a dit le 16/04/2011 à 11:28 :[/b]

[url=http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=6246798&c=AIR&s=TOP]A propos des problèmes de pièces détachées pour les Typhoon britanniques[/url]

Affligeant, morceaux choisis:
[quote]The parliamentary report said [u][b]five Typhoon pilots had to be grounded temporarily because there were insufficient fully operational aircraft for them to log the required flying time[/b][/u]. It noted that the shortages had also affected pilots' training last year, with [u][b]only eight of the Royal Air Force's 48 Typhoon pilots qualified for ground attack operations[/b][/u] - the role the plane is currently being used for in Libya.[/quote]

[quote][b][u]But the RAF is currently having to 'cannibalize' aircraft for spare parts in a bid to keep the maximum number of Typhoons operational on any given day.[/u][/b]
The Commons Public Accounts Committee scrutiny body said the Ministry of Defence had warned [u][b]the problems were likely to continue until 2015[/b][/u] when it expects the supply of spares finally to have reached a "steady state".[/quote]

[quote]"[b][u]Problems with the availability of spare parts have meant that Typhoons are not flying as many hours as the department requires."[/u][/b]
It said the [u][b]supply chain for Typhoon spares was "complex and stretches across Europe".[/b][/u]
However, the department admitted that [u][b]the supplies process "had not been managed well enough or delivered all the required parts when needed.[/b][/u]"
[b][u]The cost of the Typhoon project has soared since its inception due to bad planning and over-optimistic targets, Britain's public sector spending watchdog said last month.[/u][/b][/quote]

EDIT
[url=http://www.key.aero/view_news.asp?ID=3097&thisSection=military]Le programme Typhoon critiqué par un parlementaire birtannique[/url]
Morceaux choisis encore une fois:
[quote]“The MoD’s management of the contract [u]to procure 232 Typhoon fighter aircraft has been little short of a disgrace[/u],” he said in a statement. “[u]The RAF will now end up with only 107 jets, less than half the number originally expected, while £3.5 billion has been added to the final bill by the MoD’s persistent over-optimism on costs.[/u] This extra £3.5 billion could have bought the RAF two squadrons of modern multi-role fighter aircraft off-the-shelf from the United States, including pilot training and support, and still left £1 billion in change.[/quote]

[quote][u][b]The MoD also keeps flip-flopping over what it wants the Typhoon to do. It was originally designed to defeat Soviet aircraft, but when the MoD retired the Jaguar fighter-bomber early to save money, the RAF suddenly found itself short of ground attack aircraft.[/b][/u] [u]The MoD then spent £119 million giving Typhoons ground-attack capability, until the MoD decided to make further savings by retiring the Tornado F3s guarding the UK’s airspace. All the RAF’s Typhoons were then re-tasked to air defence again until a small number of ground-attack capable Typhoons were deployed to southern Italy for operations over Libya.[/u][/quote][/quote]