Right now they barely have one. Are they going to try to procure fighters in the future to protect themselves from Russia? Cuz they have no chance in defending themselves in the event of another mini war if they have no air force.

They have several Su-25 attack aircraft and several Mi-24 gunships in terms of firepower. That's it.

Will they buy some fighters in the future? (Do they have the $ to?)

If they do, what fighter do you think would be good for them?

Did their air force get destroyed by the war? or didnt they have a decend one to begin with?

They might be better off buying lots and lots of SAM.

they didnt have one to begin with

would lots and lots of sams be cheaper? cuz you can get around sams eventually or destroy them

Yeah but I can't see Georgian aircraft even taking to the skies against the Russian air force coming in full strength.

true, if russia wanted they could role over georgia. but im talking about the kind of short war...a few day conflict like last time (before the international community stops it, or before russia felt it asserted itself enough).

maybe a few dozen F-16s could hold off the russians and protect georgia's airspace for that long.

I really don't think so. I think the weight of the Russian airforce will just squash what the Georgians can field.
Having a very mobile and dense AA network will probably do a better job at holding the Russians off. Maybe a squadron of interceptors to deal with the high flying stuff that are hard for SAM to deal with.

I think a few SAAB Grippens would be able to fend off those nasty little Sukhoi Fencers untill some of the more dangerous stuff blows them away.

But then again they would be better off with a crapload of Patriots than having a few grippens get axed.

I think Vipers will be good enough to take care of the high flying threats though I don't know if they could actually get the latest versions of the Sea Harrier which could fire AMRAAMs. I'm just thinking what airbases they have will just get smashed. As for Fencers, they would be the sort of targets the SAM would be good for. Fencers are going to come flying in doing around the clock SEAD but that's why Georgian SAM networks should be mobile.