http://www.timesofisrael.com/liberman-unveils-israels-future-stealth-fighter-the-f-35/

Jewish F-35 IS FINALLY HERE AND IT’S BORING!

yeah we were all hoping for this

did they get any weapons for them? always see them empty.

wish they spent a little more and got the su-35s instead.

What I liked about T-38A was its ultra compact design. The T-50A and T-100 are wider and thicker than most people realize. There is quite a bit of hollow space in either design, making them nearly as large as full size fighters. I bet you could keep a nice slim design by keeping to a smaller girth and using a canard layout like on Eurofighter Typhoon. A single underbody, fixed intake. Thin LERX extending to nose. Delta wing is simpler to design, and easier to design for fatigue resistance. Also, gives room for fuel and it’s a design that allows for excellent instant turn rates. The trick is getting it to sustain the turn to match KPP.

its probably because KAI and Aermacchi had intended for their designs to be used as combat aicraft with little modifications, while the T-38 had to be totally modified to become the F-5.
Looking at their empty weight, the Golden Eagle is almost twice that of the T-38!! The much shorter M-346 is also a fatty.

im really excited about the T-X.
we haven’t had a competition filled with new fresh designs (and 2 that are modifications of old ones) since the JSF competition.

It’s Russian… 🙂

(Though, original Yak-130 looked bit different and Italianized one is IMO slightly better looking.)

I also agree, the first Yak0130 was the best looking

the regular 130 and the M-346.. meh roughly the same to me.
Some one who claimed to be an engineer on the m-346 program a few years ago, made a long post about why he thought the M-346 was a better evolution of the original yak-130 design than the production yak-130.
I forgot what he said exactly..but he mentioned a lot about the intakes, FOD, and other systems

that said, it seems the T-50 woudl be better for air forces that need both a lead in trainer and attack/fighter secondary roles.
usually those countries that are too poor to afford both like Philippines

M-346 probably cheaper than the T-50, and better suited for better equiped air forces

There is a critical factor in sales of aircraft is the cost and have perpetuated

COST OF FLYING;

F-16 aircraft cost the Air Force Korean, or Egyptian 720 000 per year by dividing the number of flying hours to 200 h becomes a cost of $ 3600 per flight hour is believed that the latest model F-16Block52 + flight hour has Talakafp 4500-5000 dollars.

Mirage 2000 will realize this to some $ 2700 for an hour flight but it is believed that the figure rose for the models of Mirage-2000-5MK2 / 9 and appreciated to $ 5000.

Hour flight Rafale estimated value of $ 14,000 is French and the Brazilians and their clients they are working to reduce the cost per flight hour to no more than 15% of the cost per flight hour for the Mirage 2000.

F-15 flight-hour cost her $ 17000.
The cost of thousands of 22-hour flight with 19 000

Aliorvitr said in marketing them to flight hour with $ 15000, but the data which comes from Austria and Germany show that it ranges between $ 33000 and 73 000 euros, a significant figures illustrate the great escape with the Alliance of manufactured especially with the global financial crisis, which does not allow Bastzaf resources the Air Force even in the countries Europe, which entered the state, including income equivalent to the Arab countries combined.

The operating costs for the Eurofighter are significantly higher than expected . The operating costs for the Eurofighter are significantly higher than expected. With the price is 73 992 per flight hour , almost twice as high as originally planned With the price is 73 992 per flight hour, almost twice as high as originally planned

Gripen NG model will not exceed $ 3000, making it the cheaper the cost of aircraft so far.

MiG-29 flying hour is estimated to have $ 5500

Sukhois 27/30 cost per flight hour with $ 7000, but believed that he had up to 14000 dollars for the latest Trzac of Sukhois 30-35. US Private operators of the Su-27 report it costs around 30,000 per hour to run

Chinese aircraft to extend data on the cost per flight hour does not publish on the Internet, but aircraft and single engine F-C-1 and Jian-10 is estimated it will be in levels of thousands of 16 for it and a single-engine general aircraft bombed the Chinese old short thousands of MIC-1 is equal to 4000 flight hours

Source: http://defence.pk/threads/cost-of-buying-operating-fighters.84507/#ixzz49oLYcD1y

Just to clarify:

The deficit with China stands around 25b$

And not related and IMOHO only, the perfect fighter buy (the most synergetic) would be with the Teja.

Source:
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/vietnam/balance-of-trade

yeah, they probably may not buy US outright, but something with US components more likely.
Its a good opportunity for Vietnam to buy something Russia doesn’t have strong offerings, like a light fighter.
Vietnam and India probably good strategic partner, but Tejas probably won’t be ready until 2030.
Maybe a better option are Gripen Cs or even more cheaper, FA-50s from Korea.
Su-30MKs to protect Vietnam’s vast maritime territory, and FA-50s for border patrol, good combo. Maybe get them with some TA-50s for training too.

Eh, nope. The Mk.1 people have always complained about the frame itself, so far all we have listed are mostly progressions between a prototype and serial frame. RAM? Not applied (atleast fully) on prototypes. Zig zag panellines? Same. Stealthy round exhaust, none on X-35/T-50 prototypes. Radar blocker? We all knew it would come.

The only thing that comes close to what you are describing was the KS-O/-V being faceted. Which i personally dont feel is needed (although it would *look* cool) especially with the solution of V in mind.

I remember when it was first unveiled, most of us were accepting of what it was.
But then we had a dyslexic utah weeaboo who was like “**** yeah, F-35 killer! eat that! i can barely stay awake, but final product will have s ducks, square engines”
and then the Indians who were like “lets photoshop this into a two seater with square engines”
and the Chinese who were like “ok here’s a diagram of the flanker and of the pak-fa, spot the similarities”