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Enthusiast Joined: Dec 27, 2004 Posts: 86 Status: Offline

I, personally, think that power is never enough. The only limiting factor is $$. Having several different planes is a pain, but most of them would be F-16s, so not THAT different. Moreover, with Typhoons and F-35s, it would be wise to retire the F-4s and older F-16s.

USAF has "old" planes, but has so many firepower that even flying "old" planes, they do the job pretty well...

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Enthusiast Joined: Jun 05, 2006 Posts: 22 Status: Offline

greeklunatic8 wrote:

Why does Turkey doesn't buy F-16 block 60?

Because of the future EF2000 or F-35 <or both> purchase.Bying just 30 Block 60's would be a waste of money,without offering a considerable operatonal advantage<given that a 4th generation aircraft will soon be purchased>.

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FYI, there's this news article from today: <a href="news_article1997.html">Turkey cleared to buy 30 block 50 F-16s</a>

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seat_dreamer wrote:

Well, Brazil is not in the most "caliente" area of the world as well Razz

No need for expensive systems !

Well, first off, we don't speak Spanish, we speak Portuguese as our primary language. Wink

Second, we must protect the Amazon forest from possible invasors. No matter how good or bad we treat the forest, it is ours. So, I think we need all the firepower we can reasonably afford. I'd just love to see FAB operating some 100+ Flankers and, in the mid-term future, the PAK-FA, as participation in the project comes as a bonus for buying the Flankers.

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