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Old 04-12-14, 01:25 PM   #1
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Denmark are about to make a decision on their next generation of Fighter Jets to the Danish Airforce.

The backbone in the Danish airforce F-16 has served Denmark since the late 70s and now it's time to send this aircraft at the museum. Therefore, Denmark needs a new fighter jets to replace it.
Nothing wrong in F-16. I would have considered modern variant (F-16E/F Block 60 or later) as good (relatively) low cost alternative option. As you have already decided thats not good for you...

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Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet one or two-seat, do not know which.
This my favourite. I would buy combination of single seat F/A-18Es and two seat F/A-18Fs. Single seaters would be used for air superiority etc. missions while two seaters would handle strike missions or ofcourse you could buy all single or two seater fleet aswell. Advantage of this aircraft is that you could order F/A-18Fs with Growler wiring preinstalled as Australians did. This would allow upgrading some airframes to EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft when needed/funds are available.

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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II one or two-seat do not know which.
There are three variants available of which none has two seats. These are:
F-35A Air Force CTOL variant
F-35B Marine's STOVL variant and
F-35C Navy's CATOBAR variant
Although F-35 may eventually become great fighter its simply far too expensive. What will you do with aircraft you can't afford to lose?

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Saab JAS 39 Gripen E / F (Next Generation) same here
Second best option in my opinion. Affordable aircraft with reasonable performance.

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Eurofighter Typhoon
Good aircraft but a bit pricy. If you decide you really need two engine aircraft then this is good option.

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I highly recommend the F-35. Somebody's got to help us pay for that flying metal coprolite.
Oh the joys of corporate wellf... ehh investments to sustain industrial base!
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Old 04-12-14, 06:38 PM   #2
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Old 04-13-14, 06:22 AM   #3
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They buy the F35 and they'll not have anything left to purchase the fuel needed
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Old 04-14-14, 02:06 AM   #4
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funny how no one has mentioned this..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_PAK_FA

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funny how no one has mentioned this..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_PAK_FA

Most likely because the winning candidate will be announced mid 2015 and the Sukhoi is not expected to become operational in Russia until a year later.
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Most likely because the winning candidate will be announced mid 2015 and the Sukhoi is not expected to become operational in Russia until a year later.
That and I can't see a member of NATO buying anything Russian in the current climate...
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That and I can't see a member of NATO buying anything Russian in the current climate...
Oh I don't know...I hear the Russians have some Ukrainian aircraft going for a bargain basement price
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That and I can't see a member of NATO buying anything Russian in the current climate...
...so I guess buying MiG-21s is out then?
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Is there a discount if we buy in bulk? Does Costco carry them?
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Is there a discount if we buy in bulk? Does Costco carry them?
Only on the website to be delivered from the warehouse. If you wish to discuss a bulk rate purchase, call 1-800 COSTCO
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/16/us-f35-fighter-jet-approves-transatlantic-flight Get over to Britain in July and determine firsthand; With an uppity Soviet rebuilding current, maybe the expense and "who we fightin'" issues are up for re-examination! this bad boy is scheduled for the London RIAT and Farborough, England airshows! Good for the economy indeed if nothing el$e!
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Old 04-19-14, 04:17 AM   #12
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/16/us-f35-fighter-jet-approves-transatlantic-flight Get over to Britain in July and determine firsthand; With an uppity Soviet rebuilding current, maybe the expense and "who we fightin'" issues are up for re-examination! this bad boy is scheduled for the London RIAT and Farborough, England airshows! Good for the economy indeed if nothing el$e!
If they can cut its price tremendously then ofcourse that may eventually be worth purchasing but again what will you do with aircraft you can't afford to lose? If premise is that none will be lost then I'm sure there will very ugly wake up call inbound. Remember F-117 over Serbia?
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Oh the joys of corporate wellf... ehh investments to sustain industrial base!
Investment. Yes. That's it! Investment. It is an investment in Denmark's future. That's how we'll sell it!
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Investment. Yes. That's it! Investment. It is an investment in Denmark's future. That's how we'll sell it!

And that's the problem that our politicians are just like you, and me susceptible to commercial jipp japp. ending up buying something that would cost Denmark a whole lot more than expected

A perfect example is our famous IC4 train.

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If you're looking for a two engined bargain fighter we just retired our F4 Phantom II fleet.
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