The F313 may very well be a joke, but it could be a start. I have to give credit to the Iranian aerospace industry for keeping those tomcats flying after decades of embargo.

I’d like to see the FAP get the Gripen. Given the current infrastructure and program, surrounding the F-16, the FAP will be an F-16 shop for some time to come.

What about that MiG Skat UCAV they were developing a few years back?

I have to agree. There is little of anything new that will come down the road for the FAP. Sorry to say… They may even give up fast-jet capability when the F-16’s are no longer airworthy. On the opposite side of that, there may be surplus USAF F-16C/D’s available when the F-35 enters service in large numbers. However, these F-16’s would be old from the start of acquisition.

I don’t see Colombia’s economy handling AMX and anything. Just as I cannot see them purchasing a fast pointy-nose jet more expensive than secondhand F-16’s.

I think you are right. Isn’t Israel retiring their older F-16A’s? An upgraded version of that could be a good choice.

That type of simplicity may have paid dividends in the fact that they were simpler to design, cheaper to acquire and operate. Some of these designs are still around and in service today and in many examples where their successors have been retired.

You can save another $3.1bil yearly if you suspend military grant for Israel.

I’ll take it. I have long since been of the opinion that Israel should pay its own way in defense.