The incoming F-35s will replace the F-16s that are still being used by the RSAF. Read more at straitstimes.com.
to the Republic of Singapore Air Force comes at an opportune time when the order pipeline has matured, bringing costs down, the Ministry of Defence has said.
“It is a given that the air force and SAF of the future will be more networked, and we fight as one system,” he said. Besides having gone through exercises with other F-35 operators, RSAF personnel have trained with the United States Marine Corps and its F-35B fighters at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma in Arizona and visited maker Lockheed Martin’s production factory in Texas to understand the jet’s maintenance and engineering requirements.
Buying the planes now is also a calculated move to take advantage of economies of scale reached, as more countries have ordered the aircraft, the ministry added. In 2019, Dr Ng said the unit price of the F-35 ranges from US$90 million to US$115 million per aircraft, comparable to what Singapore paid for its F-15SG multi-role fighters.
The RSAF will continue to use its F-15SGs, with the first of those jets having been delivered in 2009.
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