Qaib ntxhw yog maj mam los rau cov ntsiab lus nrog qhov tseeb tias tim Nkij teb chaws cov tub rog huab cua tuaj yeem sai sai ua rau lub nkoj loj tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv ob peb xyoos xwb.
"Yog tias peb txoj haujlwm los kho tshiab F-16 lub dav hlau ua tsis tiav thiab tim Nkij teb chaws paub txog nws tus kheej cov haujlwm, sab Greek yuav tau txais lub zog siab ntawm cov dav hlau sib ntaus sib tua hauv 2025," hais tias so haujlwm Turkish Air Force tus thawj coj General Abidin Unal. "Yog li ntawd, peb qhov kev pab cuam kom tau 40 F-16 Viper dav hlau thiab kho tshiab txog 80 F-16s yog qhov tseem ceeb."
BALIKESIR, TURKIYE - Lub Tsib Hlis 22: Lub dav hlau Turkish Air Force F-16 tau pom thaum lub sijhawm sim davhlau hauv … [+]
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Qaib ntxhw vam tias Teb Chaws Asmeskas yuav pom zoo $ 20 nphom kev pom zoo uas nws tau thov thaum Lub Kaum Hli 2021 rau 40 lub dav hlau tshiab F-16 Thaiv 70 Viper dav hlau thiab 79 cov khoom siv kho tshiab rau kev txhim kho cov laus F-16s hauv Qaib Cov Txwv cov nkoj uas twb muaj lawm. Txawm li cas los xij, Congress tseem tsis tau pom zoo, thiab tus thawj tswj hwm tseem ceeb, New Jersey Democrat Bob Menendez, tseem ceeb toom tias nws yuav thaiv qhov muag tsis tas li tshwj tsis yog Thawj Tswj Hwm Turkish Recep Tayyip Erdogan siv cheb txoj cai hloov pauv.
Tsis tas li ntawd, txawm tias qhov muag tau pom zoo tag kis, cov kws tshuaj ntsuam tau taw qhia tias Qaib ntxhw tseem yuav muaj sijhawm tos ua ntej tau txais nws cov dav hlau Viper tshiab vim yog kev tsim khoom backlog tshwm sim los ntawm kev thov loj ntawm lwm tus neeg ua haujlwm F-16.
Menendez txhawb nqa muag lub thib tsib tiam F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters rau tim Nkij teb chaws. Athens xav tau tsawg kawg 20 ntawm cov dav hlau thib tsib no.
Unal qhov kev twv ua ntej tias tim Nkij teb chaws tuaj yeem ua tiav qhov siab tshaj plaws thaum ntxov li 2025 yog qhov nthuav. Athens cia siab tias yuav xa qhov kawg ntawm 24 4.5-tiam Dassault Rafales F3R cov tub rog uas nws tau yuav los ntawm Fabkis los ntawm Lub Ib Hlis 2025.
Peb lub dav hlau Rafale dav hlau ya hla lub nroog Athens thaum Lub Ib Hlis 19, 2022. - Tim Nkij teb chaws tau xa mus rau … [+]
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Lub Cuaj Hlis 12, tim Nkij teb chaws tau txais thawj ntawm 83 Hellenic Air Force (HAF) F-16s uas Lockheed Martin tau hloov kho mus rau qhov tshiab Block 72 tus qauv. Nws cia siab tias yuav muaj tag nrho cov dav hlau no hloov kho tag nrho los ntawm Lub Rau Hli 30, 2027. Los ntawm lub sijhawm ntawd, HAF yuav muaj cov dav hlau F-16 nyob sab Europe.
Tim Nkij teb chaws tej zaum yuav tsis xa ib qho F-35s kom txog thaum tsawg kawg ib nrab xyoo ntawm lub xyoo no. Ntawm qhov tod tes, yog tias Athens xaiv rau qee lub dav hlau thib ob, nws tuaj yeem pib txais cov dav hlau thib tsib hauv lub sijhawm luv dua. Nws tuaj yeem ua tau zoo. Tom qab tag nrho, 12 ntawm Rafales nws tau yuav yog ex-Fabkis Air Force.
Tag nrho cov dav hlau no muaj ntau tshaj li qhov 270 Block 30/40/50 variant F-16s uas ua rau lub caj qaum ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv lub fighter fleet. Thiab thaum Qaib Cov Txwv yuav undoubtedly khaws ib tug kom muaj nuj nqis kom zoo dua, tim Nkij teb chaws yog sai tau txais ib tug zoo.
Hauv 2023 Ntiaj Teb Hluav Taws Xob Index, Tim Nkij teb chaws thiab Qaib ntxhw muaj npe raws li ib qho ntawm cov ntsiab lus tseem ceeb hauv ntiaj teb niaj hnub no, uas yog qhov tsis xav tsis thoob vim qhov tsis sib haum xeeb ntawm lawv. Qaib ntxhw tau ranked ntau haib tshaj tim Nkij teb chaws nyob rau hauv txhua txhua qeb, nrog rau airpower. Txawm hais tias qhov ntawd yuav tsis zoo li hloov pauv txhua lub sijhawm sai sai, Athens tuaj yeem tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo nrog cov khoom siv sib ntaus sib tua no.
Alluding rau F-35 lub stealthiness, Unal taw qhia tias "cov khoom siv tes ua twb pom kuv mus txog thaum kuv pom."
Thaum nws tau sau tseg tias qhov no tsis ntseeg tau "ua rau nws muaj txiaj ntsig zoo nyob rau hauv ib puag ncig kev sib tw huab cua," nws hais ntxiv tias nws tsis xav tias nws yuav raug "hais tias yuav muaj txiaj ntsig zoo dua li qhov no."
Nws kuj tau hais tias Qaib Cov Txwv txoj kev muaj peev xwm ywj pheej los hloov kho nws cov F-16s yuav tsum tsis txhob raug kwv yees thiab hais tias Ankara "yuav tsum tso siab rau nws tus kheej lub peev xwm hauv tsev."
Qaib ntxhw's Ozgur Project modernization project aims ua li ntawd. Qhov project suav nrog avionics tshiab, kev txhim kho cov qauv, thiab ib lub zos-tsim active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar uas yuav tsum tau retrofitted mus rau nws Block 30 F-16s, tsuas yog variant Qaib ntxhw muaj qhov chaws code rau thiab cov qub qauv nyob rau hauv nws arsenal. Qaib ntxhw npaj yuav nruab nws AESA radars ntawm 36 ntawm cov dav hlau no.
Thaum Turkey lub peev xwm los txhim kho ntau yam ntawm nws F-16s ntawm nws tus kheej yog qhov tseem ceeb, nws cov nkoj loj dua thaum kawg zoo li lub hom phiaj los ua thev naus laus zis tsis zoo rau nws cov neeg sib tw Greek yav tom ntej.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/pauliddon/2023/01/23/f-16-modernization-increasingly-important-for-turkey-as-greece-gradually-gains-unprecedented-airpower-advantage/