Hosni Mubarak's Gulfstream Jet Fleet Paid For By U.S. Military

[somone]

http://www.warisbusiness.com/news/egyptian-presidents-private-jets-have-cost-us-taxpayers-111-million/



Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., Savannah, Ga., is being awarded a $9,535,315 firm fixed price contract modification to provide for continued fleet maintenance support for nine Gulfstream aircraft owned by the Egyptian government. This modification extends contract for 12 months plus 1-year option. Total funds have been obligated. This work will be complete by October 2006. Headquarters 72nd Air Base Wing, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8106-04-C-0001/P00005).

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., Savannah, Ga., is being awarded a $19,825,221 firm fixed price contract modification to provide for the Foreign Military Sales Program in support of FMS Case Egyptian. The Air Force provides follow-on maintenance support for the Egyptian Government’s Presidential fleet of Gulfstream aircraft. The program will provide depot maintenance support, parts and material repair, and supply, field team, and Aircraft on Ground or urgent situation support. At this time, $14,825,221 of the funds has been obligated. Further funds will be obligated as individual delivery orders are issued. This work will be complete by November 2005. Solicitation began October 2003 and Negotiations were completed October 2003. The Headquarters Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8106-04-C-0001).

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., Savannah, Ga., is being awarded a $14,907,400 firm-fixed-price contract modification to provide for the Peace Lotus III Program, which is a foreign military sales program for the procurement of two Gulfstream G400 aircraft, Cleopatra modification, associated spares, logistics, support equipment, program management and training on behalf of the government of the Arab Republic of Egypt. The aircraft will become part of the Egyptian Presidential Fleet. Current modification is to establish negotiated firm-fixed prices for the outfitting of two aircraft interiors. Previous effort established negotiated firm-fixed prices for the procurement of two “green” aircraft (airframe only, no interior completion), Cleopatra modification and program management. Future effort will establish firm-fixed prices for associated spares, support equipment, logistics and training and will be covered under a separate 1279 report. Total funds have been obligated. This work will be complete by August 2004. The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Tinker Air Force Base, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (F34601-03-C-0038, P00001).

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., Savannah, Ga., is being awarded a $66,892,392 firm fixed price contract to provide for two Gulfstream GIV-SP executive aircraft, associated spares, logistics, support equipment, and training. Contract is expected to be completed September 1998. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There was one firm solicited and one proposal received. Negotiations were completed March 1997. This effort supports foreign military sales to Egypt. Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (F34601-97/C-0244).

[ensho]

1. how special of our military to use our money for a dictator

nt

[BeFree]

2. We give Egypt billions every year

And they buy stuff from us using the money we give them.

Don't upset that gravy train and we'll all be fine.

Of course, if you are anti-socialist then this state socialism must crank one's crank, eh?

[malaise]

17. No you don't

You lend the Egyptian military 1.3 billion a year and then you lend another $250M for the real needs of the Egyptian people - education, healthcare, etc.

So the puppet government has no money for the development of Egyptian people because the military gobbles it up to protect US and Israeli interests and not the interests of the Egyptian people - i.e. jobs, education, health care, housing, infrastructure and so on.

Put simply we're all being totally and completely fucked as armies keep everyone in fear while protecting the interests of the corporations, banks and political elites.

[madmax]

3. Why aren't the wing nuts bitching about this waste

of tax payer money. They're screaming about the deficit, want to cut SS and Medicare and every other social program that benefits the poor in this country and don't say jack-shit about his bullshit.

:mad: :mad: :mad: :grr:

[lonestarnot]

6. Because they own a few of their own.

[Enrique]

14. because it's not Nancy Pelosi on the plane n/t

[madmax]

4. K&R nt

[Lint Head]

5. No surprise here. That money would pay for quite a few people's health care.

[Oceansaway]

7. K&R...n/t

[xchrom]

8. And the Egyptian people know this and it pisses them off. nt

[aikoaiko]

9. As a Savannahian, I am grateful for the jobs these contracts produce.

Gulstream employs about 6000 people in the Savannah area and those employees spend most of their money locally.


Gulfstream builds a hell of plane.

[customerserviceguy]

16. And that's the other part of the equation

The money we spend on Egypt to not make war with Israel gets spent, in large part, here in the US.

[bobthedrummer]

10. Add these facts to this thread-BP is our military's largest provider of petroleum products/BP is

EGYPT's largest foreign investor
(enter BP in Egypt in their searchbox)
http://www.bp.com

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. We need a Resource Economy

Bob.... the change is happening on this application of solutions
for the mess that is happening....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z9WVZddH9w

The world knows who controls this insanity.
It an't Obama... they know who controls him.
It an't Congress........

Federal Reserve? maybe.

[bobthedrummer]

12. No doubt that's part of whatever truthseekers want to call the real powers that be/shadow government

whatever-it's clear that the only tinfoil is wrapped around leftovers because even the most ignorant run out of "coincidence" as "explanatory variables" when it comes to "politics" The shadow government is also about corporate fascism.

This smilie
:tinfoilhat:
should now be respected, heh!

[Desertrose]

13. And we can't even get decent healthcare? Not to mention SS?

Americans should pay attention to how the Egyptians are doing this peaceful uprising.

[customerserviceguy]

15. What's surprising about this?

We've been propping him (and his country) up for so very long, for so very much money. All we asked was that he keep the Egyptian army from fighting the IDF, and he's lived up to that.

Think of it as the price of peace.