Tag: F16 aircraft

After the A-10, the US Air Force wants to withdraw its F-15Cs from service by 2030

The preparation of the annual budget of the American armed forces is a very rich period of lessons, allowing in particular the 3 forces of the country, the executive on the one hand, the Congress on the other hand, but also the armed forces themselves, to publicly express their vision and expectations for the coming year and beyond, in terms of investments but also of format and strategy. If, during the 90s, 2000s and 2010s, everyone's considerations were above all technological or economic, since the beginning of the decade they have taken on a new, very applied character, while tensions with Russia, China and also Iran or Korea...

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Singapore lifts option for 8 additional F-35B vertical or short take-off and landing

In 2019, Singapore undertook to evaluate the F-35 in order to replace part of its 60 F-16 C / D, in the face of rising regional tensions, in particular with China. A year later, the small country ordered 4 F-35Bs, the short or vertical take-off and landing version of Lockheed-Martin's aircraft for $2,75 billion, as well as an option for 8 additional aircraft, and the set of services and infrastructures to implement this force. Today, and without much surprise, he exercised the option on the remaining 8 aircraft, so as to bring his fleet to 12 fighters. According to information provided by the authorities, deliveries…

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F-35A, Su-75, FC-31..: which fighter will replace the F-16 of the United Arab Emirates?

In September 2020, against the backdrop of a historic agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, US President Donald Trump announced the acquisition by Abu Dhabi of Reaper drones, but also of EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft and above all of 50 next-generation F-35A fighters, a first in the Middle East. Despite the colossal amount of $23 billion represented by this order, Congress was more than circumspect about it. And despite the efforts of President Trump who, until the last day of his mandate, tried to force the hand of US parliamentarians to endorse the order, it was immediately suspended by Joe Biden barely...

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Why giving fighter jets to Ukraine is more complicated than it seems?

For several weeks, the very day after the agreement given by Washington and Berlin regarding the delivery of heavy tanks, President Zelensky and his government have been putting pressure on their Western allies to obtain a new type of defence, and not least, since they are combat aircraft. And in fact, since that date, not a day goes by without press articles or official statements from Kyiv claiming F-16s from the United States, Typhoons and Tornados from the British and Germans. , and Rafales and Mirages to France, without…

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The US Senate will oppose the sale of F-16s to Turkey until Sweden and Finland join NATO

Since the joint announcement made by Stockholm and Helsinki regarding a candidacy of the two countries to NATO in a procedure claiming to be urgent because of the war in Ukraine, Ankara and its President RT Erdogan have repeatedly argued his right of veto on the pretext that the two countries, and Sweden in particular, would welcome "terrorists" from the Kurdish Workers' Party and the Gulenist movement responsible, according to the Turkish authorities, for the 2016 coup attempt. Despite attempts at negotiations between the 3 capitals, it quickly became clear that the demands made by Ankara were unacceptable...

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F-16V against NATO membership, the United States will give in to President Erdogan's blackmail

Since the announcement of the candidacy of Stockholm and Helsinki to NATO following the Russian aggression against Ukraine and the renewed tensions in Europe generated by this, Turkey exploits as much as possible the statutes of the Alliance Atlantique, which requires that a new membership receive the approval of all of its members, in an attempt to lift all or part of the sanctions imposed by the American Congress but also by the Europeans following the acquisition of a battery anti-aircraft S-400 with Moscow and the military operation against the Kurds in Syria. Claiming support from Scandinavian capitals for Kurdish nationals considered by Ankara to be Terrorists of the…

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Are “light” fighters destined to disappear?

It is now official, the Rafale has the preference of the Colombian authorities to replace its armed fighter fleet today with Israeli Kfir fighters. Although it is not, strictly speaking, an order for 16 new aircraft, Colombia is now in exclusive negotiations with Dassault Aviation and the French authorities to give substance to it, after having publicly estimated that the Rafale was "the best option for the country in terms of price, efficiency and operability", while being 30% cheaper to use than the Kfir currently in service. With this likely success, the Rafale would exceed the number of aircraft exported for the Mirage 2000 with…

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Once again, President RT Erdogan opposes NATO membership of Sweden and Finland

Not surprisingly, Turkish President RT Erdogan announced last Friday that he would oppose Sweden and Finland joining NATO, despite recent efforts by Stockholm and Helsinki to meet the requirements of the Turkish authorities. As before, the Head of State explains his decision, which turns out to be a blocker for the accession of the two Scandinavian countries to the Atlantic Alliance since it requires unanimity of votes, by the policies followed by the two countries. in matters of asylum, and in particular with regard to certain members of the Turkish Workers' Party or designated as such by Ankara, but also with regard to…

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Argentina abandons plans to acquire new fighter jets

At the start of the Falklands War, the Argentine air and naval forces fielded 240 aircraft, including more than a hundred modern Mirage IIIE, Dagger, Skyhawk and Super Etendard fighters, making it one of the most powerful fighter fleets in America. from South. Although 35 fighters were lost during the conflict, the slow decline of the Argentine air force since the end of the conflict had many causes, including the end of the military ambitions of Buenos Aires with the overthrow of the dictatorship of General Leopoldo Galtieri following the defeat the Falklands, the repeated economic crises that have hit the country since, as well as the severe embargo...

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Turkey Sanctions Dropped From New 2023 US Defense Budget Bill

Since 2020, following the delivery of S-400 systems to Russia, the US Congress has systematically included in the laws governing annual US defense spending, the ban on the executive branch from lifting the technological sanctions imposed on Ankara. It was then a question of limiting the capacity to circumvent the veto posed by Congress by the Trump administration, which is quite reluctant in this area, and rather inclined to more flexibility vis-à-vis Turkey and its president. RT Erdogan. The same provision was incorporated into the National Defense Authorization Act 2022, when the new administration of Joe Biden, too, wanted the partial lifting…

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