Approach between the United Arab Emirates Air Forces (EAU) and the Korean manufacturer Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI). After the American wand, and on a recent visit to production factories, the Saudís have shown interest in their fifth generation plane KF-21. In fact, the commander Azan Al Nuaimimi He has taken advantage of the visit to fly in one of the prototypes that already exist of the future combat plane.
According to the media the KF-21 is “an advanced hunting with capabilities that place it above generation 4.5”. Saudi forces have tried to acquire US F-35 aircraft for years. Five ago he got the green light of the United States Department “For an estimated value of 10.4 billion dollars per 50 aircraft.”
However, “in a context of misgivings by Israel about the operation, the president of the United States, Joe Bidenfinally suspended the sale when the position released in 2021 “, as the publication says. Therefore, Saudi forces look for alternatives.
At the moment, since Trump’s arrival at Casa Blanca, there are many countries that are abandoning the programs of the American aircraft. Canada and Portugal, for example, are looking for European alternatives.
Indonesia, which is another country that the United States did not allow the sale of F-35 combat aircraft, “is looking for the new fifth-generation hunting program Otherspromoted by the government of this country “, as the publication concludes.
