SINGAPORE- The decision to add eight more F-35B Joint Strike Fighters to the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) comes at an opportune time when the order pipeline has matured, bringing costs down, the Ministry of Defence has said. 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’s 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 exercised with other F-35 operators, RSAF personnel have trained with the US Marine Corps and their F-35B fighters at the 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, said Mindef. In 2019, Dr Ng had 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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