https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/malaysian-prime-minister-mahathir-claims-american-fighters-are-only-useful-for-airshows-why-f-18s-can-t-fight-without-washington-s-permission
Seems when Malaysia bought the F18 with F404 engine they were unaware of the jets action capability being...
But considering Spanish experience with F18 wouldn't they be able to have an easier time optimizing Hürjets structure let's say an improvement and sturdiness of 1-2 tonnes overall. Or are perhaps going for something more out of the box like having Hürjet trainer with minimum addition be able to...
Seems that SNA is making progress despite the "ceasefire" that isn't being respected. Several places we East of Raqqa has changed to SNA hands and it seems PKK/YPG/SDF is being caught on 3 fronts.
I disagree with you on that. I know that if we acquire them for trainer then that's what we should do, but in an all out war or such, being able to turn those jets into LCA and more modern one is an asset that should not be under estimated. As it is our fighterjets are getting older and older.