It seems almost if Brasil is the only country buying combat planes right now 😀 .
Well, lets assume FX is dead on the short term. Now there are talks about an “gap filler”. AFAIK the offers so far are:
a – Kfir 2000 from Israel;
b – Cheetah from South Africa;
c – Mirage 2000C from Emirades;
d – F16A from Belgium/Holland (with AIM-120C)
e – Su-27 (new) from Russian stocks.
f – F5, updating them to F-5Br standards by Embraer/Elbit.
Well, lots of controversy about FX, but I would like to know what do you think about those planes listed as probables. My take:
1 – F-5Br as a simply “gap filler”, cheap and FAB is already used to it;
2 – Mirage 2000C, the second simpliest solution, obvious reasons;
3 – As a step to the future FX (FFX? 😀 ), go for the real thing and get the Sukhoy, no matter which a/c FFX would be, FAB would get a lot of experience in managing such large, powerfull birds (this is, unfortunatelly, the least likely solution).
The F-16 offer has, it seems, US support, so the F-18 is not being seriously considered.
About the FX program I just want to remember that Brasil is a huge country, larger than the entire Western Europe and FAB already have enough little, short-legged aircraft.
Sign In
