As countries struggle under the current economic climate, defense budgets have taken a major hit causing many to invest in used fighter aircraft.

Over the last few years, developing nations have taken to buying used F-16s from allies to strengthen their air forces without spending billions on buying new aircraft.

While Lockheed Martin will charge about $70 million for a brand new F-16, a second-hand jet will cost just $15 million. For many countries on a budget, that is an attractive offer.

Budget strapped countries like Pakistan, Indonesia and Jordon besides some EU states procure used F-16 fighter jets to supplement their air forces.

Earlier this month, Portugal agreed to supply Romania with an unknown number of F-16 aircraft.

“Second-hand fighters do not mean the same thing as a second-hand car. They are disassembled to the last pieces of wing. When they are reassembled they can be used in safe conditions. The fighters are very well maintained,” said Romania’s Defence Minister Corneliu Dobritoiu.

Jordon in 2007 signed an agreement with Belgium for the sale of 14 F-16s worth $90 million. Earlier in 2009, Chile purchased 18 F-16 aircraft from the Netherlands in a contract worth $270 million.

In 2011, Pakistan requested the sale of an undisclosed number of used F-16s from the U.S to increase its air capabilities.

“Because of the disparity with India, our needs are huge,” a diplomat was quoted as saying. “Ideally, we should buy new F-16s but the current economy does not allow us to pay $40-50 million apiece”.

The same year, Indonesia agreed to buy 24 aircraft from the U.S with the first batch of 14 expected to be delivered in 2014.

Romania also purchased 24 used jets from the U.S in 2010. "We have no money and we cannot commit ourselves to such a contract without a long-term financing scheme,” said Romanian President Traian Basescu, after European groups Eurofighter and Saab criticized the transaction.

While the buyers are walking, or rather flying away with the low-cost, used F-16s, the sellers (Portugal, U.S, Netherlands, etc.) are also making a small profit that will be used to procure new replacements.

Taiwan, for instance, has awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.85 billion contract to upgrade the avionics of 145 Taiwanese Lockheed Martin F-16 A/B aircraft. Meanwhile, it is also currently negotiating with the U.S for the sale of used F-16C/D and intends to submit a letter of request (LoR) soon.

By Bindiya Thomas

來源出處|:
http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defe...20Budget%20Cuts

再弄個幾台台南艦那種等級. 比用紀德好. 海巡放這麼大船幹嘛?


紀德艦算不錯.但是中華民國海軍自己養不起...

諾克斯大概還會繼續用下去.現在ROCNY走一步算一步. 光看拉艦該換的沒換就知道.

大陸沈陽飛機工業公司和成都飛機工業公司為最主要的兩家戰鬥機製造商，目前正在為大陸空軍研製第五代戰鬥機，並有望在2018年左右服役。現在又傳出有新機款，是一具備出色隱形能力的雙發隱形之殲-25「鬼鳥」戰機，並可與美國F-22一較長短，目前新戰機的發動機和武器子系統的研製工作已經進行了一段時間。

根據《簡氏防務週刊》總編克雷格•霍伊爾接受法國著名科技雜誌采訪時表示，大陸下一代重型戰鬥機具備出色的隱形能力，根據《簡氏》獲得的模型照片來判斷，大陸下一代重型戰鬥機的隱形能力與美國隱形戰機十分接近，而且它還採用了吸波塗料來加強這一效果。

《簡氏》透過對目前所掌握的資料分析之後認為，大陸下一代（即第五代）戰鬥機從總體要求上看，將是一種全新的高性能、多用途、全天候的空中優勢戰鬥機，還具有特色的隱形性能，以及很高的敏捷性和失速機動性。

此外，大陸下一代重型戰鬥機的研發工作分為多種不同的型號。目前，沈陽飛機工業公司正全神貫注於一個F-22A級別的隱身戰鬥機殲-18「紅鷹」戰機的研製；成都飛機工業公司則在殲-20戰機的基礎上研製一種雙發隱形戰機殲-25「鬼鳥」戰機。

在美國海軍情報署的報告中得知，沈陽飛機工業公司正在研製一種先進的雙發隱形戰鬥機，項目名稱為殲-18「紅鷹」。2010年底，一張在互聯網上流傳的戰鬥機風洞模型可能與殲-18「紅鷹」有密切關係。概念驗證機模型顯示該機同美國的F-22A隱形戰鬥機有某些相似之處，比如內置的武器彈艙，只不過目前還處在概念驗證階段。

不只是這樣，在成功研製殲-20戰機後，成都飛機工業公司及其下屬的飛機研究所已將精力轉向殲-25「鬼鳥」的雙發型。據瞭解，殲-25「鬼鳥」可能具備超音速巡航能力，最大起飛重量可能超過20噸。基於以上情況，殲-25「鬼鳥」應該是一型高性能重型制空戰鬥機，其性能可能在F-22A「猛禽」戰鬥機之上。



美國空軍應該很缺錢
放出這種消息
應該是想跟政府要錢

+1

現在海巡都出現缺油料了 給海巡那我看一年出港機會會更慘

1000~3000頓 上面配置在加強 這樣會比紀德好用多

不知道可憐的台南艦修好了沒 才下海不久就撞了

所以拉艦 看不到天劍2型上去了....

應該是看不到. TC-2有去比較好.光防空網拉出去有效射距和多目標接戰.都比那四根火柴棒好...

瀋飛研製中的不是俗稱"粽子機"的"鶻鷹"嗎？應該近期內會試飛。

好吧，已經超越美國的編號了，到殲25了，老美還在F22~~贏了