TNI to reject Sukhoi SU-35s unless they meet specifications
Rabu , 01 November 2017, 02:38 WIB
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The National Defense Forces (TNI) will reject Sukhoi SU-35 fighter jets it will buy if they do not meet its desired specifications, TNI Chief General Gatot Nurmantyo said.
"If the Sukhoi fighter jets delivered do not meet specifications set by the air force chief of staff, I order the cancellation (of the purchase). If the planes are accepted, this means that I and the air force chief of staff will do insubcoordination with President Joko Widodo," Nurmantyo said after inaugurating a housing complex, educational facility and barrack here on Tuesday.
TNI plans to buy 11 Sukhoi SU-35 fighter jets according to the specifications set by the Air Force to strengthen national air defense.
He said TNI has written a letter to the Defense Ministry about the plan to buy Sukhoi fighter jets, with a copy addressed to President Joko Widodo.
"At a recent limited meeting, the Indonesian President has instructed the fighter jets to be bought must be Sukhoi SU-35 fighter jets which are ready to fight," he said.
The TNI chief said the Sukhoi SU-35 fighter jets must be equipped with air-to-air missile, air-to-ground missile, bomb, ground support equipment, simulator, spare parts including reserve engine according to specifications set by the air force chief of staff.
"If they do not meet the specifications, don't accept them," he added.
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Air Force to deploy squadron of fighter jets in Biak
Rabu , 01 November 2017, 02:01 WIB
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BIAK -- The Indonesian Air Force plans to deploy a squadron of fighter jets in the Manuhua Airbase in Biak Numfor district, Papua province, next year after its status has been upgraded to type A from type B.
"Biak will have a squadron of fighter jets. The plan has been incorporated to the TNI (National Defense Forces) chief's program. The program has been notified to Manuhua Airbase," Commander of the Manuhia Airbase Colonel Fajar Adriyanto said after a get-together with religious figures and journalists at Gunadi Angkasa building on Tuesday.
The presence of fighter jets at the airbase is expected to strengthen state security defense particularly in the Indonesian eastern provinces of Papua and West Papua, he said.
He said the Air Force has made preparations including facilities and infrastructures for the operation of the squadron of fighter jets.
"The Manuhua Airbase in Biak has been equipped with apron facility for fighter jets. All the facilities can be used now," he said.
He expressed hope that the squadron of fighter jets, coupled with Air Force personnel including those from Manuhua airbase, special troops of command battalion 46B and radar unit 242 will strengthen security and surveillance of air space in Papua and West Papua provinces.
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