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Amid intensified efforts to sell F-16 and F-35 fighter jets to India, a Russian think tank has issued a warning that the avionics systems of American-made fighter jets possess significant “vulnerabilities” that could entrap purchasing nations.
The United States is reportedly reconsidering selling F-35 fighter jets to Türkiye after observing Ankara’s capability to develop its own fifth-generation fighter, the “KAAN.”
U.S. Air Force (USAF) Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin has offered his first comments on China’s second fifth-generation fighter jet, the J-35A, which made its debut at the 2024 Airshow China in Zhuhai recently.
The projected cost to sustain the entire fleet of fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets, employed by all three branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, is expected to surpass $1.5 trillion (RM7 trillion) by 2088, the year marked for their decommissioning.
At the outset of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the United States deployed its fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets to Baltic countries such as Estonia, Lithuania, and Romania to patrol the borders with Russia.
A former Turkiye cabinet minister sparked a debate in the country recently, when he publicly suggested that the country sell its Russian-made long-range air defense system, the S-400 “Triumf” to a third party such as India or Pakistan.
A former Turkiye cabinet minister sparked a debate in the country recently, when he publicly suggested that the country sell its Russian-made long-range air defense system, the S-400 “Triumf” to a third party such as India or Pakistan.
Turkey is barred from purchasing fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets from the United States due to its acquisition of the Russian-made S-400 air defense system, but in contrast, its “traditional rival,” Greece, has been offered the F-35 despite also possessing the Russian-made S-300 air defense system.
The projected cost to sustain the entire fleet of fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets, employed by all three branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, is expected to surpass $1.5 trillion (RM7 trillion) by 2088, the year marked for their decommissioning.
It is estimated that more than 100 fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets are currently grounded at Lockheed Martin’s facilities due to the U.S. Department of Defense’s (Pentagon) refusal to accept these fully constructed aircraft.