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Ohh F15s gotta love it
Boeing would love to sell it. But will US administration allow it? Do you think the Israeli F15s and Saudi and Qatari F15s are the same? Hell! US won’t even sell AMRAAMs to Egypt to keep their airforce striking power behind Israeli’s.
Besides why would you want this 1970’s design plane?

Get those F110 engines if they are selling them, and stick them on to KAAN, then you have a better stealthy fighter jet especially with BURFIS. Indigenisation is the name of the game. All pilots study the movements and capabilities of F15s. Nobody will know what is under the canopy and fuselage of KAAN.
 

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Boeing would love to sell it. But will US administration allow it? Do you think the Israeli F15s and Saudi and Qatari F15s are the same? Hell! US won’t even sell AMRAAMs to Egypt to keep their airforce striking power behind Israeli’s.
Besides why would you want this 1970’s design plane?

Get those F110 engines if they are selling them, and stick them on to KAAN, then you have a better stealthy fighter jet especially with BURFIS. Indigenisation is the name of the game. All pilots study the movements and capabilities of F15s. Nobody will know what is under the canopy and fuselage of KAAN.

I know but man the F15s are sexy planes. Who can pass them up.
 

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We must. If the deal comes down to either the Eurofighter or the F-15, we must choose the Eurofighter. Choosing the F-15 would mean increased dependency on the USA.
Honestly, German politicians are such bootlickers of US and haters of Turks that it may be less dangerous to depend directly on US rather than depend Germany AND US for Eurofighter
 

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I am beginning to get sick from reading the stuff being posted. Everyone talking about EF, F15 etc. are beginning to seem more like bootlickers, beggars and such. We've got big problems and we're being stalled from dealing with them with these weird carrots dangling way out of the milkyway.
 

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They only start offering these systems when they know Turkiye will soon have its own alternatives. They are trying to kill Turkiye's domestic projects. Don't fall for their scheme. Stick with the F-16 until KE, ANKA 3, Hurjet and KAAN is ready.
 

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Problem is none of the alternatives are going to be here by the time we need them, nor any of the products we are building will be available in sufficient numbers and operating capacity in the time they advertise. Honestly, we'd probably have better luck if we bought like 40 JF-17 with modifications, Azerbaijan is getting fighters with aesa radars before we do.
 

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They only start offering these systems when they know Turkiye will soon have its own alternatives. They are trying to kill Turkiye's domestic projects. Don't fall for their scheme. Stick with the F-16 until KE, ANKA 3, Hurjet and KAAN is ready.
No. Turkish authorities, Turkish Air Force themselves wants new planes. Turkish government always wanted F-35's, now they want Eurofighters. It's not somethings Americans or Europeans want but Turkey wants. And they are not the ones who offers these systems, Turkey is the one who begs for this systems.
 

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The TF6000 and the TF10000 engines can be hastened, so do the planes that are supposed to us them. Engines can fly 2025-2026 probably. If these planes prove to be productive in a short timeframe then numbers of production can soar and we never look back.
 
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With the exception of F16, but I'd not allow that desire for purchase delay me in anyway.

In fact I would shutdown the X-band radar that we don't monitor or have control of. not much difficult to have roadwork accident that cuts off the power cables to the radar base.
 

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I am beginning to get sick from reading the stuff being posted. Everyone talking about EF, F15 etc. are beginning to seem more like bootlickers, beggars and such. We've got big problems and we're being stalled from dealing with them with these weird carrots dangling way out of the milkyway.
Then tell that to do government and the air force because they are the ones that want these planes.
 

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