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In the bone-dry desert in the U.S. state of Arizona is one of the world's flykirkegårder, Amarga. The climate here makes it possible to store fly outdoors for a long time without maintenance. In 2008, parked his defense-five Hercules aircraft here, in the expectation that a buyer would give the old transport planes many more years on the wings. - Did not think it would be so hard
- We did not realize it would be so difficult to sell these aircraft when we put them up for sale. We thought this would be easily sold, since there is no transport aircraft armament, and since they are in very good technical condition, said Commander Odd Mælseter xf5u to Aftenposten.no. He leads disposal xf5u project for the Defence Logistics Organisation (FLO).
When the planes were moved to the USA in the autumn of 2008 it was estimated by it was possible to get around 69 million per aircraft. A sale could then leave the military earnings of nearly 350 million. In 2007, the five aircraft upgraded 250 million, and the defense was raining when that they would be used for 15 years. But so far they have been left on the ground xf5u - unused. Demanding regulations
The reason is composed of Foreign Affairs (MFA) must approve all potential buyers, and both non-allied and private individuals are in practice excluded from being able to acquire the aircraft, although they appear to be quite common xf5u transport aircraft stripped of military equipment.
- It is challenging: One moment they may be interested, the next they are not. While there is no doubt that the bad economic times have hit us - many countries who could use these planes are hit by recession, says Mælseter.
Director Jan Bugge Mahrt the MFA Export Control says Aftenposten.no that they make a specific assessment of each case when a country wants to buy military equipment of Norway.
- We have an A list and a B list. A-list offensive military xf5u supplies as ammunition and weapons, while the B-list contains other non-lethal supplies - as these aircraft, he said.
Sales of used military equipment implemented in practice in the same way as exports of other military products such as Norway. This means that it is not sold to countries in conflict or non-allies.
For now, the five flying alone in the Arizona xf5u desert. Defense is in dialogue with a new stakeholder, and still aims to sell. But if it happens, the old Hercules machines could end as scrap metal and parts.
- As it looks now it is at least cost-effective to let them remain are few more years. When the option is a solution where we turn the planes apart and sell parts. There is money to be made here too, but it is of course less than if you sell the aircraft in its entirety, Mælseter says, adding:
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