north vietnam captured an F-5 and sent it to soveit, that F-5 can be added to russia team and i think that is a good reason, but adding a vehcile only because that nation have tested it, is not a great reason.
Only if that nation is suffering and need a good vehicle
Mechanical radar XF-2A should take its place. I would accept no less.
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I’d love to see it, but it would face the same fate as the lowest possible Thai F-16 in that it’s still better than the F-16AJ.
The XF-2A even more so considering that compared to the AJ it will be more agile, slightly faster, have more countermeasures, have two more Sparrows (though arguably fixed AJ would also have 4) and still have a better radar in the AN/APG-68 compared to the AJs AN/APG-66. It would also lose the 6 Mavericks (instead not carrying any), which was the reason Gaijin added the AJ in the first place.
It’d probably see it at 13.3 instead, so in addition to it another proper replacement F-16 would be needed for 12.7 with Mavericks.
And that’s where Singapores F-16 comes in, which is at leas somewhat unique in being a Block 15 spec aircraft using the reinforced but slightly heavier F-16C Block 30 airframe and a brake chute.
There’s also the option of giving it AGM-65D if they want to offset the heavier airframe and loss of Sparrows compared to the AJ.
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