F4 in Iran's Air Force Reform
After all, the international arms sales market is not omnipotent like a treasure, but more like a luxury store. You can do whatever you want without money. To put it bluntly, neither Japan nor Iran can build new fighters themselves, and the choice of buying them is too small.
For the U.S. military, the F4 ghost fighter has become an antique fighter displayed in the museum, because the U.S. military has more handy fighters F 15 and F 16, and the fifth generation stealth fighter F35 has been in service one after another. It was not until 20 18 that F35C officially served in the U.S. Navy.
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Japan cannot change F4 for a long time. What's the difficulty? From 1968 to 198 1, Japan Air Self-Defense Force purchased 154 F4 fighters. By 2007, 90 upgraded F4EJ fighters were old, and Japan began to consider mass production of F2 fighters to replace them. Helpless, F2 production is insufficient. F4EJ was forced to extend his service.
By 20 1 1 year, the Japanese authorities had been unable to get the American F22 stealth fighter, so they had to settle for the second best, circling among European fighters, rafale fighter, F 15FX and F 18E/F, and finally looking forward to the opportunity to buy F35. At the end of last month, the media revealed that Japan might continue to buy 10 F35s from the United States. When f35 arrives, it seems that Japan Air Self-Defense Force F4 should retire.
Iran has been mending F4, and it also feels guilty about the hard choices, but Iran has fewer choices than Japan. Due to well-known reasons, there are problems with NATO fighters such as F35, F 15, F 16 and Gust, and now I can't even buy the F4 parts I once bought.
Now, I'm afraid Iran can only rely on buy buy to buy Russian fighter jets to replace F4. The reason is not only the Iranian army's deep dependence on Russian-made equipment and logistics support system, but also the great influence of Russia in Syria. Iran is afraid that it can't wait to hug Russia's thigh now ~