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I think if Europe wants more airlift and tanker capability then they should look at a European raped multi-mission air wing base around 25 A400M’s

How it would work Europe as a hole buy 25 A400m’s they also buy 20 sets of pallet-mounted refuelling systems- wing mounted 908E systems and 40 cargo bay fuel tanks

The air wing is staffed by crews from European and allied air forces

Tasking to include -Disaster relief – Medi-vac support – Air lift support – Air refuelling support

It takes 3 hours to turn an A400m round from airlift to tanker

With future European air forces operating A400m in numbers I don’t see the need to add another type as crews can come from A400m units to do tours on the wing which in the end will work out cheaper and help inter-service operations

Well they start in a good place so moving forward I would start with ordering

18 An-32’s of which 4 would be MP’s to give a light/medium tactical transport capability
Start replacement of the 60 Mil-24’s with 40 TAI/AW T129 helicopter
Start replacement of the L39’s with 25 Yak-130’s in the LIFT/ A2G role
Replacement of SU-25’s with 50 JF-17’s In the A2G/A2A role
Replacement of Mig-29’s with 30 Mig-35’s in the A2A/A2G role
Reduce the Mil-17 fleet to 80
Order 10 Mil-26’s

Given what fighter types are in region and how the region is at this time I think they should buy 40 Gripen E/F’s and as part of the deal sign up with SAAB for a 120 unit 5th gen project that is carrier capable to enter service in 2025-30 with a understanding its a 50/50 partner deal
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For me both JF-17 and FA-50 make for very good force multipliers as in if you are looking for a combat jet force of 50+ jets having 30+ of these will keep the cost down and give you a Jet that can carry out air policing work plus A2G and point defence as needed but I feel you would need a second more powerful type something like SU-35 JF-17 mix or a Typhoon FGR4 FA-50 mix depending on your views

agreed and I feel FA-50 could work as a replacement for the Fightinghawks with 20 jets costing round 600 million dollars

another way for the FAA to go may be FA-50 as said on the other thread it has descent speed to make intercept’s is BVR and has a A2G capability and is of Western line’s plus cheap
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Brazil needs to concentrate on what it needs more than what is on the market at this time it is upgrading its

AMX’s
A-4’s
F-5’s

And may or may not do something with its M2000’s. This gives them 15 years to develop a aircraft of their own with help from the likes of SAAB so what do they need ?

Looking at what they have now what they need is 120 to 160 4.5 gen single engine multi-role fighters capable of Mach 1.6-1.8 that can operate from their carrier and costs 25-35 million dollars per unit I think with help from the likes of SAAB Brazil could carry out this program as long as they sick to building a new airframe fitting existing parts i,e vixen radar and a imported engine