Taiwan also needs F-16 fighters now, then fifth-generation F-35s later this decade, and submarines.
And John Griffins, G-R-I-F-F-I-N-S. As well as a JAG attorney representing the military was also present.
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And isn't it telling that Japan, Israel and other allies strongly prefer the F-22 to the F-35?
The budget carries money for a dozen more F-16s and F-18s, and for many more military goodies.
The aircraft is light-years ahead of the current F-15 and F-16 in stealth capabilities, avionics and weapons systems.
Ford sold 901, 000 of these workhorses, including the F-150 pickup and its cousins with larger payloads, the F-250 and F-350.
As well as Russian MiG-35s, American F-16 and F-18s, the Eurofighter and the Swedish Gripen are also tendering for the contract.
The Su-30 is an extremely capable aircraft, a potent adversary for aircraft like the F-15, F-16, Mirage 2000 and the F-18.
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As for the cost of the F-22, the same criticisms were made years ago when the F-15 and the F-18 were being developed.
Some of its marquee military aircraft include the F-35 joint strike fighter, F-16 fighter, F-22 Raptor stealth fighter and the C-130J Hercules airlifter.
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And, in fact, a US pilot in an F-18 or F-15 would be presented with a greater challenge--by far--than anything the Iranians can present today.
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It suggested cancelling the STOVL version of the F-35 and cutting the rest of its order by half, while buying cheaper F-16s and F-18s to keep numbers up.
Their current inventory consists of 1970s-era fighters (it is doubtful that any of their F-14s are in shape for sustained combat operations) such as the F-5 and F-4.
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Across the board, every major leg of our triad from B-52s to F-15s and F-16s to our SSBNs and ICBMs is in need of replacement or significant modernization.
In addition to the strategic nuclear forces, the U.S. has nuclear bombers consisting of F-15E and F-16 Dual-Capable Aircraft (DCA) that can deliver conventional or tactical nuclear bombs in the B61 family.
The Lockheed Martin F-35C that the Navy is officially planning to buy is a stealthy, single-engine strike fighter derived from the same technologies as the Air Force F-35A and Marine Corps F-35B.
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Which, in this case, could also stand for a part of the anatomy she threatens to "punt" if her sisters don't stop being "so f---ing BORING" and "so f---ing AWKWARD" at sorority events.
Israel's installation of its own electronic warfare systems in its F-16s and F-15s is what has allowed the IAF to maintain its qualitative edge over Arab states that have also purchased the aircraft.
The New York Times has reported that a major Israeli air exercise involving more than 100 F-15 and F-16 aircraft took place in early June and was apparently designed to develop long-range bombing techniques.
Hagel also suggested that the Pentagon's five-year budget plan continues to plan for additional F-22 Raptor fighter jets and F-35 Joint Strike Fighters in the region, along with a fourth fast-attack submarine deployed to Guam.
Critics carp that the plane is unneeded in a post-Cold War world and that we should, instead, only upgrade the F-15 and F-16 and wait for the proposed Joint Strike Fighter aircraft that's coming several years hence.
Critics carp that the plane is unneeded in a post-Cold War world and that we should, instead, only upgrade the F-15 and F-16 and wait for the proposed Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft that's coming several years hence.
The F-15s and F-16s that Arab states will receive can quickly defeat any airborne threat posed by Iran, but they lack the integrated stealth features of so-called fifth-generation fighters that would make them invisible to Israeli air defenses.
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The problem is--assuming the F-35 sees the light of day in a timely manner--that this aircraft simply doesn't do the job in air-to-air combat that the F-22 does, nor does it have the F22's ability to penetrate sophisticated defenses.
Highlights include the Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, the food court and gift shop at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center and a "windshield tour" near the flight line where F-16s, KC-135s, F-22s, F-35s, B-1s or C-17s might be visible, said the spokesman.
Independent Capability: Proponents contend that, given the fact that the Japanese have already designed the FS-X predecessor (the F-1) and have coproduced the F-4 and F-15 fighter aircraft with McDonnell-Douglas, the Japanese have an independent capability, with time, to design and produce the FS-X.
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Few things illustrate this more clearly than the J-11B, a Chinese fighter that Russian officials allege is a direct copy of the Su-27, a one-seat fighter that was developed by the Soviets through the 1970s and 1980s as a match for the U.S. F-15 and F-16.
The Air Force didn't immediately release a list of the specific units and bases that would be affected, but it said it would cover some fighters like F-16 Fighting Falcons and F-22 Raptors, and some airborne warning and control aircraft in the U.S., Europe and the Pacific.
Faced with a mounting struggle to maintain the combat readiness of its aging fleet of F-14 Tomcats, F-4 Phantoms, MiG-29s, and Mirage F1s, access to F-16 technology for reverse engineering (as Iran appears to have done with downed U.S. drones), would be very much welcomed by Iranian commanders.
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Some 60 other jets are Vietnam-war era F-5s mainly used for training, and hardly fit for that another two F-5s crashed on September 13th, the latest in a string of such incidents.
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