They were never modernized for BVR, they don't even carry AIM-120. Another big modernization would require another full replacing of cabling, modernizing the cockpit and so much more for a squadron worth of aircraft that is already outdated by 40 years, to be replaced in 5 years after they are delivered. Which to be honest after reading it, remembering F-5 2000, Şimşek and Işık, does make sense from HvKK's point of view. They love modernizing old stuff to throw the towel 5 years later.
Maybe we can also transfer them to DzKK to be used on the new CATOBAR carrier.
For the love of J79's roar, someone please sign the Eurofighter deal already.
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It's a fucking Greek tragedy.
"On the way we set out to replace the F-4s with the F-35, we could not get the F-35s and were removed from the project, ordered F-16Vs to the country that removed us, made the first payment and said "actually, I wonder if we should go back to the F-35", on the other hand, we pretended to buy Typhoon and finally found ourselves in F-4 modernization."
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I think we can also discuss modernizing these F-104s in high speed interception duties again, who needs eurofighters with high climb rate when you can just use a rocket motor with wings. Slap a Murad on the nose and 2 Gökhans and should be good enough.
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I'm jesting, because this is genuinely funny at this stage. Air force is bleeding for new fighters since 2010. 15 years have passed with no end in sight. With all these talk of high and mighty, evergrowing number of missions in different parts of the world, but contemporarily, air force is at its lowest point since 1950s. It is a tragedy.
But the B52 is more then 50 years old still going on