RMAF F-5 fighter jet engine theft
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http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Malaysia/Story/A1Story20091219-186860.html
Wah, "believed to be stolen as far back in 2007"
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Now we know why rmaf aircraft like Mig-29 has high maintenance cost compared to other air forces. Need things like replacement engine...
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Originally posted by weasel1962:
Now we know why rmaf aircraft like Mig-29 has high maintenance cost compared to other air forces. Need things like replacement engine...
our A-4 skyhawks underwent engine replacement back in 1984 - 1988 also leh
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OK la.. Don't fly Mig-29 also good la. Too many coffee money involved.
U can get spare part from one supplier only. Of cos they tok u la.
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Originally posted by CannyOng:
OK la.. Don't fly Mig-29 also good la. Too many coffee money involved.
U can get spare part from one supplier only. Of cos they tok u la.
for anything over procurements, must have a open tendering process (incl the item's required technical spec and reqiurements) something tat Malaysia lacks.Though for govt contract, it's hard to say got kena tertok or not
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Originally posted by sbst275:
our A-4 skyhawks underwent engine replacement back in 1984 - 1988 also leh
Understandable considering that the A-4s were built in 50s/60s.Maybe that's rmaf officers way of telling their bosses that the aircraft really really really need a new engine.
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Originally posted by weasel1962:
Understandable considering that the A-4s were built in 50s/60s.Maybe that's rmaf officers way of telling their bosses that the aircraft really really really need a new engine.
They only have 6 servicable F-5 left... imagine their maintenance -
Only 5 more engines to go, then the rmaf can order another sqn of fighters for self-initiated engine export liao.
With China also in the buy for more sukhoi engines, maybe there's a market for the sukhoi engines as well....
Add the 16 Migs already on sale, wow, tok about the Great Malaysian Sales. Le-long, le-long.
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insider job
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there is probably more dirt than reported but again how much dirt can you surface before it become a political crisi....for some political figure.....
wonder who laugh their way to the bank seller or buyer...
and of course the head of the department who took coffee money get the blame...
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Considering how much each person would have made from the engine sale, not bad for a day's work.
The joke is that rmaf may have bought back some parts as well. The defence might even be able to argue "bonus pay". rmaf pays dealer. dealer pays seller and keeps commission.
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I dun think it's tat literal bought back. Since it's a stolen item, they could by force get the parts back
In today's paper, 21 incl 1 BG is involved
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Originally posted by sbst275:
I dun think it's tat literal bought back. Since it's a stolen item, they could by force get the parts back
In today's paper, 21 incl 1 BG is involved
What force ? - their fighter plane engine stolen , flap their wings to fly there is it !! haha
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its kind of danger...what about ammo, denotator, fuse.....
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It shouldn't be too difficult to use force to get back items bought back. If air force is non-existent, there's always the navy...Oh, wait, their lst burnt down as well....
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If a jet engine can get stolen, imagine what else can disappear from the inventory.
It wud not be a big surprise that lots of hardware may not be combat ready.
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It's two engines stolen as Najib pledges no cover-up
2009/12/22 Alang Bendahara
KUALA LUMPUR: Not one but two jet-fighter engines, each worth RM50 million, were stolen from the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) base in Sungai Besi.
Both engines served as powerplants to the F-5E Tiger II fighter and RF-5E Tigereye reconnaissance jets.
Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail said the two engines were discovered stolen in May last year. RMAF had lodged a report with the police on Aug 4 last year.
Gani, speaking to the New Straits Times, said police investigation papers would be returned to the Federal Commercial Crime Investigation Department today with additional directives.
“They will now focus their investigations into government procedures with regard to the transportation of the engines, the private defence contractor handling it and several other individuals, including Malaysian armed forces personnel.” The A-G’s Chambers had received the investigation papers last month.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said there would be no cover-up of the theft, adding that the Defence Ministry had lodged a police report in August last year.Police had sent Gani a note on the case in May this year. He had given the nod to proceed with investigations in June.
Gani will also ask police to furnish more details on the stolen General Electric J85-21A turbojet engines.
He said the first engine was transported out of RMAF’s Butterworth base to the Sungai Besi base in June 2007 while the second engine was moved out five months later in November.
Both engines were to be kept in a warehouse at the Sungai Besi base before being taken out for maintenance.
The engines were taken out of the Butterworth base by the same private defence contractor handling its maintenance.
Both engines were only discovered stolen along with their maintenance records when RMAF officers wanted to service them in May last year.
RMAF lodged a report with the police in August last year after searching for the engines at all its airbases.The case was later handled by the Federal Commercial Crime Investigation Department in Bukit Aman.
The New Straits Times fir st highlighted the case of the stolen jet engine on Saturday.
It was learnt that the eng ines were sold to arms dealers on the black market.
Intelligence reports suggested the engines were later transported to a US-sanctioned Middle Eastern country that was keen on developing its own fighter jet.
Armed forces chief Tan Sri Azizan Ariffin, in confirming the case, had also said that the case was the “tip of the iceberg”.
An audit launched after the case also showed that equipment worth several millions of ringgit were missing.
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That would be the Iranian saeqah jet then which as per the TV footage below uses the J-85 engine. Now we know where one of the jets got their engines from... http://www.spike.com/video/irans-latest-fighter/2778627?cid=YSSP Its a useful way of getting engines to Iran without inconvenient explanations about violating US agreements. If only Iran were to use the F-404 also, then they could do that with the F-18 engines as well. http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/20091222173316/Article/index_html They didn't even want the avionics. Must be too old.
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2 ar.
lagi bigger news
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could they have lost one ship as well?
the engines so big still can go missing
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knn RM50M each.....just do 1 job can retire like king in m'sia already....
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Parts of RMAF jets have also been found missing: Zahid
Zahid also revealed that initial investigations pointed the main culprit to a local company based in Kuala Lumpur with a branch in a neighbouring country.
Missing jet engines: Action against high ranking officers (Update)
‘A brigadier-general and 40 other armed forces personnel had been sacked over the incident..’
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In malaysia Shin Jiu Jit Po, the editor said it is lucky that Malaysia doesn't have any nuclear weapon, or else Osama, taliban....this is not the first time weapons and ammo go missing from their armskote.
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Originally posted by sgdiehard:
In malaysia Shin Jiu Jit Po, the editor said it is lucky that Malaysia doesn't have any nuclear weapon, or else Osama, taliban....this is not the first time weapons and ammo go missing from their armskote.
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Originally posted by Mr Milo:
could they have lost one ship as well?
the engines so big still can go missing
i hope they don't check, cause the last time they did, they found they lost a few islands... :P