Pakistan Defence
Im starting this debate after having studied the TuAF fleet for quite some time.
The question i wish to ask from our Turkish members is, what are the plans of the TuAF Training Command for replacing their fast againg T-37s, T-38s and F-5 aircrafts?
TuAF has an est 160 of these aircrafts in total. T-37s are used for Basic Jet Conversion Training, F-5s for Lead In Flight Training (LIFT) and T-38s for Advance Jet Training.
I'm asking this because we would be very keen on offering our K-8P aircrafts to replace the T-37s and twin seater JF-17s for replacing the F-5s and T-38s.
These jets would be an open architecture products with competetive prices offered as opposed to options like KAI-T50 and BAE HAWK. T-50 has Lockheed Martin as a partner and uses an American engine. It costs 10 million dollars more than the JF-17 aircraft. BAE HAWK is a British product who won't hand over production to Turkey plus the jets are almost twice as expensive as the K-8P. Both of these products will come with local production for Turkey.
Such a deal is going to help Pakistan greatly in shoring up finaces to buy Turkish products like T-129 ATAK, Hurkus and Tulpar etc.
Both TAI and PAC are state owned, therefore it will directly benefit both countries. There would be no losers.
Opinions pls.
@cabatli_53 @Neptune @Kaan @Casus Belli @T-12345 tag others too pls.
The question i wish to ask from our Turkish members is, what are the plans of the TuAF Training Command for replacing their fast againg T-37s, T-38s and F-5 aircrafts?
TuAF has an est 160 of these aircrafts in total. T-37s are used for Basic Jet Conversion Training, F-5s for Lead In Flight Training (LIFT) and T-38s for Advance Jet Training.
I'm asking this because we would be very keen on offering our K-8P aircrafts to replace the T-37s and twin seater JF-17s for replacing the F-5s and T-38s.
These jets would be an open architecture products with competetive prices offered as opposed to options like KAI-T50 and BAE HAWK. T-50 has Lockheed Martin as a partner and uses an American engine. It costs 10 million dollars more than the JF-17 aircraft. BAE HAWK is a British product who won't hand over production to Turkey plus the jets are almost twice as expensive as the K-8P. Both of these products will come with local production for Turkey.
Such a deal is going to help Pakistan greatly in shoring up finaces to buy Turkish products like T-129 ATAK, Hurkus and Tulpar etc.
Both TAI and PAC are state owned, therefore it will directly benefit both countries. There would be no losers.
Opinions pls.
@cabatli_53 @Neptune @Kaan @Casus Belli @T-12345 tag others too pls.