Chapter 495 - 244 Purchasing a Warthog
After visiting Green Field Manor for an entire day, setting up a simple development strategy, and leaving two Beggar Gang Disciples in charge of supervising and caretaking, as well as greeting Old Karl to also take care of the ranch, Allen Zhang was ready to head back to the city.
Dominic sent a message to the General Sect Leader. Allen Zhang glanced at it.
Dominic: A client wants to sell two General Electric TF34-GE-100 Turbofan Engines. Needs to visit the suburban storage warehouse to check the merchandise. The client seems quite eager to sell.
Allen Zhang: ok, I’m heading back now.
After putting away his phone, Allen Zhang drove the Jeep, accompanied by Sieg and Beggar Gang Disciples, back to Los Angeles.
It took some time to reach the city. On the way, he asked Sieg to lead people off the vehicle, then he switched to a truck, called up the professional ground crew captain Qibatu, and drove to the Alfred Waste Recycling Station to pick up Dominic.
Dominic got into the vehicle and sat in the passenger seat, explaining, "The client seems to work at the airplane graveyard as a ground crew member. Due to some accidents at home, he wants to sell the two turbofan engines."
Qibatu also expressed interest, saying, "A-10 Warthog Attack Plane? This aircraft has been around for over forty years, a relic of the last century, yet it still serves in the Air Force. It’s currently the Air Force’s only aircraft dedicated to providing intensive support to ground troops, including attacking enemy tanks, armed vehicles, and key ground targets, with no suitable replacement available. Even F15s and F16s cannot replace its role, and ’ground pounding’ describes it best!"
"However, this attack plane is only suitable against small countries without air defenses. It has virtually no place in modern warfare. It’s usually deployed after stealth fighters have breached the lines and cleared air defenses, followed by the Warthogs to precision-strike enemy positions and ground armaments as well as arsenals, indiscriminately sweeping with its 30mm nose cannon!"
"The market price of an A-10 Warthog Attack Plane is generally around 11 million US dollars, which is the export price. Its internal cost is just a few million dollars. If it’s an old model that has been in service for a long time and been modified, you can buy it through the underground arms market for two to three million dollars."