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ougoah

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Impressive pace of development from Turkey.

ACuriousPLAFan said:
Man, now I am very jealous of Turkey.

When will it be FH-97A and Dark Sword's turn?
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They probably won't show them until their replacement generations are testing. FH-97A is just a model. FH-97A being PLA's program or at least something based on that, is also just a speculation still. Dark Sword is still shrouded in secrecy. J-20S is ready and flying though. GJ-11's prototype was flying since 2013 and in service since 2019 (given that parades never show not in service platforms and PLA commentary on GJ-11's use exist! which people on the UAV thread forgot). In fact the PLA official who mentioned that GJ-11 performs better than expected as an airborne strike platform also mentioned that PLA has something better than GJ-11. It's the A2A UCAVs that are shrouded in secrecy. Makes sense for China given the importance of keeping such a strategically important domain of air warfare relatively opaque.
 
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The costs of aircraft according to the malaysian LCA bid. The Hürjet is the cheapest at $35.3 million followed by the JF-17 at $39.5 million.
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TF-X is on the final assembly line:

The first prototype of the National Combat Aircraft was received on the Final Assembly Line with a ceremony held at TAI facilities today. It is estimated that the prototype, whose parts have started to be assembled, will stand on its own landing gear in a very short time. The prototype in question is scheduled to leave the hangar on March 18, 2023 with its engines running.

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Hoping to see TFX come into service before AMCA, Tempest, FCAS, and whatever Japan plans on building on their own. Turkey will get through the line fifth after Korea. If TFX has full internal bay/s and a proper stealth exterior, it would be the fourth nation to field a proper all aspect 5th gen fighter. Not sure how Russia's going with Su-57 wrt the engine blade blocking mechanisms they've designed for the Su-57.

It's quite surprising how much emphasis Turkey has placed on doing this despite being a considerably smaller nation and a smaller resource pool to draw from along with economic difficulties in recent times. What could the motivation be? Greece and their Rafales and F-35s?
 
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