The front of this aircraft looks exactly like the Mig and Su fronts hahaha.
That's because it's co-developed with the legendary Russian Yakovlev and based on the Yak-130, just like
@Foinikas astutely pointed out in his post.
M-346
Yak-130
I think the similarities are pretty obvious. There was a period back around 2017 where the EAF was very interested in purchasing the Yak-130, probably right around the time they were thinking of purchasing the MiG-29M/M2/35.
IDK nothing about engines hahahaha.
Your laughing is hilarious, buddy, lol. Motor Amricany!
The question becomes, how much say in engine export matters does the US have when it comes to 3rd party purchases like in this case, especially after they've been shut down on their F-15 deal? At least the Eurofighter EJ200 engines should be all European with mostly Rolls Royce, German, Italian and Spanish parts and hopefully no US parts.
Usrael bought them to train their F-35 crews.. It just shows how advanced this trainer is!
Meh, not impressed lol. More impressed that Poland, Greece and Egypt are/will be using them. Remember those pics I took of that F-35 at the airshow a couple of years ago? Now that was super impressive the way that USAF pilot flew that lumbering piece of turd lmao. He made it look like an actual capable fighter which is an impossible task according to many loool. Rafales, Typhoons and especially Su-35s would eat those things up at close range like foul medamis breakfast with oil and lemon!
Cool thing that that M-346 and those Honeywell engines have an APUs for an auxiliary power units for remote start-ups. That's a pretty high-tech feature.
That explains why it looks so much like the Yak-130.
Exactly! I hadn't seen your reply when I typed mine for
@Ghostkiller . The resemblance is uncanny and makes all the sense it was co-developed with Yakovlev.
