Indonesia will no longer acquire Sukhoi
fighter jets from the Russians, but instead it chooses F—16s fighter jets from
United States.
Indonesian Air Force has a total
of 10 Su—30 and Su—27s with 6 additional fighters that is on the way. Money is made
available in order to accelerate the refurbishment of the existing fleet of 15 Lockheed
Martin C—130s, as well as the acquisition of four C—130Hs from Australia and
upgrade them, and its plan to purchase more Indonesia Aerospace CN—295
transports.
This was said by Herryanto, who have
served as secretary general of Indonesian Defense Ministry."We
are waiting for the 24 F-16s from USA. With those jets, we will have enough
aircraft in our fighter inventory for the next 20 years. And this means that we
have enough Sukhoi fighters for now," he said.
The Indonesian army recently
bought 6 Su—30 fighters delivered within three years. The country’s Air Force
will have 16 Sukhois.
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