28 Agustus 2018

‘F16 Jets are Expensive to Maintain’, said PHL Senior Military Official

28 Agustus 2018


F-16 fighter jet (photo : Picyl)

MANILA, Philippines — A senior military official was claiming that F16 fighter jets the US had offered to supply the Philippines would require huge operational and maintenance cost for the already-cash strapped Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

The official, who asked not to be named, said that while F16 jets are highly-capable aircraft that could make the Air Force more capable of guarding the Philippine skies, they are costly to operate and maintain.

Based on available data, the cost ranges from $7,000 to $24,000 per hour for each F16 jet.

Under the current peso to dollar rate, the Air Force would spend P371,000 per hour to fly one F16.

“This is on top of the cost of the procurement, transfer and the weapons systems. It’s very highly-capable fighter jet but it’s also a highly-maintenance aircraft. Why not if there’s money,” he said.

In 1998, the market value of  F16C/D was around $18.8 million or P996.4 billion apiece, apparently excluding upgrades and the weapon systems.

It was gathered that the US government had offered the Philippines this type of jet a long time ago but the previous administrations declined them due to lack of procurement, operational maintenance funds.

“This US F16s offer is not new, only that we don’t procure them due to financial constraints. It’s costly to operate,” he said.

Three US officials have written President Duterte offering the F16s but the President declined the offer saying that what the Philippines needs for now are trainer planes, close-air support aircraft, combat helicopters, to fight the insurgents.

Defense observers described the offer as another effort by the US government to dissuade the Philippines from procuring big ticket military platforms from Russia.

Visiting US Assistant Defense Secretary for Asian and Pacific security, Randall Schriver, earlier cautioned the Philippine government from procuring key military platforms from Russia saying doing so would be unhealthy to the US-Philippine alliance.

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana spent almost a week in Moscow shopping for big ticket defense equipment including submarines, warships, attack helicopters, trainer planes, grenade launchers, sniper and assault rifles.

Russia is offering a soft loan to help the Philippines bankroll the modernization program of the AFP.

Lorenzana said nothing is final yet.

He said any government deal with any state for that matter, must go and pass through the tedious defense procurement processes.

(PhilStar)

41 komentar:

  1. Single engine aja segitu biayanya.. palagi sukri yang double engine ya..tapi tni au gak pernah bilang mahal...padahal sering dibuat latihan ..gak nongkrong kayak sukhoi sebelah πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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    1. Sukhoi malon cuma 4 ekor je yg boleh terbang,sisanya sukhoi rongsokan semua wkwkwk

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    2. Hitung2an biaya operasional disesuaikan dg waktu kirim.

      Beli 2018, dikirim komplit 2023:
      GDP Indonesia $1.6 trillion.
      GDP Philippines $0.5 trillion.

      Operasional 10-20 tahun:
      2030 - GDP Indonesia $2.6 trillion.

      Kalau riset sendiri IFX double engine:
      2050 - GDP Indonesia $9 trillion.
      2060 - GDP Indonesia $12 trillion.

      Kira2 1.5-2% military budget bisa super kuat :)

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  2. Pinoy AF can always follow TNI-AU policy! Buy fighter jet without missiles! and park its nicely at their airport!! wakakakaka

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    1. Salam 4 biji lon πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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    2. contohlah Malaysia ATM yang telah berjaya dengan 4 Sukhoi yang boleh terbang selebihnya disimpan di hanggar buat latihan eject Kat hanggar, lebih irit cost dan maintenance, jangan ikutan Indonesia yang selalu latihan terbang

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    3. Hahahahaha mas @Paul ini lucu lho orangnya..

      Kalau komen dimarih pasti njelekin TNI dan mbagusin TUDMnya. Tapi tau gak beliau kalau komen di website negaranya sendiri justru benci banget sama direction TUDM. Lucu kan ??? Bisa dua kepribadian gitu ? πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜…

      Gak percaya ? Nih sy copy paste komen beliau yaa.. :

      PaulBaggio says:

      August 9, 2018 at 9:53 am

      The main mistake is buying Mig-29 instead of full squadron of F/A18D Hornet. Billions wasted on Mig-29 including monies spent on their upgrade (westernization) programmed. It was done during Mahaathir times. What a waste!

      Instead of buying F/A18F Super Hornet, Malaysia make another blunder by buying unproven and troublesome Su-30MKM. Mike Syabu statement further state of our stupidity in buying such expensive fighter jets!

      Now I am worry Malaysia will make ‘hattrick’ blunder with the return of Mahathir!

      Itu dari web malaysian defense lho frens... lucu ya beliau ini.. apa udah mulai gejala2 stroke ringan jadi komennya beda beda melulu 😁😁😁😁

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    4. Yuk datang Putrajaya 31 Ogos tengok berapa ekor Sukhoi terbang.Malaysia doesn't brag but show them the facts. Not like the one shithole country always bragging ganyang ganyang, ganyang telo baboon.Always masturbating. indon mudah digondolin. Kikiki...

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    5. Gw beneran heran lihat beruk2 sememanjung maloners ini.

      Militer mereka udh kalah di semua matra oleh TNI. Industri militer pun lemah.

      Udah dibuka dgn jelas sama mat sabu betapa mirisnya alutsista mereka saat ini.

      Masih pasang muka badak aja jd troller disini

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    6. Muka beruk om, bukan muka badak orang2 semenjanjung sialan itu

      🀣🀣🀣

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    7. Paul@ banyak2 baca ko lon biar ko tak cem katak di bawah tempurung,ko tengok berita indonesia supaya ko tahu missile apa yg ada pada sukhoi ko tuh wkwkwk...yg berbahaya tuh sukhoi malon cuma 4 ekor je yg boleh terbang yg lain,sisanya lapok semua wkwkwk...aq lapor ko ke polis kerana ko salahkan mahathir dalam pembelian mig29,ko tengok ko nanti ko akan di jemput polis malon

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    8. Superstar@ paul nih paranoid bermuka dua,dia gila nampaknya wkwkwk

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    9. Kingkong@ tak kisahlah dgn cakap bual ko tuh lon,beruk idiot cem ko nak dipercaya wkwkwk...mat sabu menhan ko sendiri dah cakap langsung sukhoi malon cuma 4 ekor je yg boleh terbang dan pertahanan malon paling rendah di ASEAN,siapa nak percaya sama cakap kingkong si raja kongkek dan raja sodomi nih wkwkwk

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    10. The world doesn't see Malon anywhere in the list of:
      - world power
      - G20

      I still don't understand, what makes "weakling bankrupt MALON" think they could even have any chance to compete against Indonesia?

      Too stupid Monkeysia?

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    11. In MRCA projects Malon will buy Jet Fighter without money πŸ˜† dan itu berlangsung selama belasan tahun πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†

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    12. 31 ogos tuh ada atraksi eject kat hanggar tak, ada atraksi nuri sembah bumi juga tak ?? Pasti seru

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    13. @ kangkong...mat sabu memteri pertahanan malon yang bilang kalo cuman 4 ekor sukhoi yang bisa terbang...nah elo sapa kong kangkong busuk πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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    14. @paul: Mental disorder😎

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    15. lah ompol baggio alias bang ipul dom dom "ass"me husin mah dari dolo uda konsisten om super, konsisten gilaknya haha!πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜…

      barusan sebulan laluw guwe tulis ttg sosok yg satuw ini disini:

      http://defense-studies.blogspot.com/2018/07/kri-re-martadinata-331-bersama-hmas.html

      disituw guwe nulis:ompol alias bang ipul domdom alias om saiful "ass"me" husin emang antimainstrim sejati dari embiti, mig sampe sukhoi punya negerinya sendiri dikritik bok, ciyus haha!πŸ˜›πŸ˜›πŸ˜›

      malah dibulan ini guwe sempet nulis ompol buat heboh di blog negerinya sendiri tumben kena semprot, seperti yg om super bawa ituw haha!😊😊😊

      doi emang antiq om super, diblog yg bukan militer pon guwe perna liat debat kusir ama WNM haha!πŸ˜‘πŸ˜‘πŸ˜‘

      di blog ini, ada jugak temen2 kita yg semodel dgn ompol, diantaranya om antiembalgo, kduanya sama2 konsisten antimainstrim haha!πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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    16. gak slamanya dia kritik tni, ada jugak yg dianggap dia oke ocehπŸ‘ŒπŸ‘ŒπŸ‘Œ haha!πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‰

      dalam 1 berita, si ompol bikin ngakak, ribut sesamanya yihhaa tengoklah ini:

      1."For this part, Indonesia make better judgement by buying surplus yet well modernize Leopard A2. And the cost are cheaper than Malaysia buying Polish tanks.
      I blamed bloody stupid Mahathir for buying Polish tanks!"
      ---

      makasi ompol, leopard ri mania dia haha!πŸ€—πŸ€—πŸ€—

      2."Not bizarre...Arrogant yet idiots! the same with his stupid decision to bought useless Mig-29, while RMAF could use the budgets to buy complete squadron of F/A18D Hornets!"
      ---
      jual2in tuch mumpung ada yg butuh barteran, katanya loh haha!🀝🀝🀝

      3."Did you know the cost of each Lekiu frigates more than each Singapore Formidable Stealth frigates? Not to mention Singapore get licence builds the last five of their Frigates!

      Your belove Tun MahaShitty definitely the most f(sensor..sensoorr haha!πŸ˜„πŸ˜„πŸ˜„)g corrupt PM in Malaysia history!"
      ---
      nach kyknya doi tim sakses pm yg baru lengser kyknya nich haha!🀧🀧🀧

      4."To songlap Jaya # Mahathir indeed is Malaysia most corrupt PM, same class as Suharto! Looking for Najib to jail him for good!!"
      ---
      wah...taon 2018 smua ituw kebalik ompol haha!πŸ€ͺπŸ€ͺπŸ€ͺ

      5.ada satu lg, ternyata ompol fans su-35 jugak haha!πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
      Saiful Azmi Husin6 April 2017 10.31

      Sell back to Russia as down payment for a squadron Sui-35 or Sui-30SM!
      ---
      eh..di link ini juga gosip dr om ruli jd kenyataan tuch om smiling, tp baru mpa haha!πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†

      https://defense-studies.blogspot.com/2017/03/kedatangan-kembali-tank-leopard-2ri.html?showComment=1491826718442

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    17. lanjut lagi kata ompol nich haha!πŸ€“πŸ€“πŸ€“:

      Paul Baggio 18 Juli 2018 16.15
      Agreed...MahaShitty is the most shittiest PM in Malaysia

      Paul Baggio 18 Juli 2018 16.17
      At least Suharto already Kaput! But bloody basterds MahaShitty still f(sensoorr haha!πŸŽƒπŸŽƒπŸŽƒ)king alive!!


      oiya masi ada lagi tuch yg diembat ama ompol si om scantut yg gak punya ID merah, cuciaann dech haha!πŸ™„πŸ™„πŸ™„

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    18. klo kata ompol "TNI-AU policy!Buy fighter jet without missiles! and park its nicely at their airport!! wakakakaka"

      ouch ituw tidak betul sama sekali, silakan cek SIPRI bkn SUPRI haha!🀠🀠🀠

      pesawat jet2 kamih terbang terusss &
      senjata kami lengkap & baruw2 donk buat sukhoi & falkon, malah punya bom kelas berat buatan sendiri, dan negrimuh tak dikasih beli, kesian haha!🀣🀣🀣

      Carpet bombing from Indonesian Air Force Sukhoi SU-30MK2, hore ompol gak punyak haha!😁😁😁
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlElsAIzxUo

      r77 & 73 hadiiierrr woy haha!πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‰
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQo0jGhjuRc

      mao video ada...poto...begh apalagi ituw, banyak sikaliilah haha!πŸ˜„πŸ˜„πŸ˜„

      guwe jugak punya pedeo sukhoi ompol yg terbaruw...cuman 2 bijik, mana omponk cuy...situw mao liat ntar pengsan lagi kyk om tentera delay haha!🀣🀣🀣

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    19. Poor Indon! Mahu Tak saya hibah Mahathir MahaSHITTY sama kamu? ambillah...saya bagi FREE...kalau tak cukup saya Hibah Mat Syabu juga!

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    20. halaah yang manisan dikit napeh ompol haha!πŸ˜‹πŸ˜‹πŸ˜‹

      cem, Fazura, Diana Danielle,Juliana, EvansMaya Karin, Faradhiya, Nur Fathia uhuuyy haha!😍😍😍

      tawaran ente yg pait2 gitu ekspor ke Vanuatuw aja ling haha!πŸ˜›πŸ˜›πŸ˜›

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    21. ...sekurangnya kamu masih 'straight'! ingatkan Poor Indoh sudah dijajah oleh kaum Gay!

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    22. waahh itu mah demenan ompol, masi dipenjara tuch bang ipul dom2 haha!πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‰


      enakan "lurus" Ling, cem Farah Ann, begh..semlohayy haha!😝😝😝
      https://travel.detik.com/fototravel/d-4179683/liburannya-atlet-gimnastik-malaysia-farah-ann-abdul-hadi

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  3. Pernyataan kaya gini disana dikritik habis-habisan sama Max Defense, kadang saya lucu sama pihak kemhan Philippine mau beli F-16 mikir biaya maintenance tapi ngotot beli kapal selam yang maintenancenya bahkan lebih mahal??

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    1. Mereka ngotot karena teritorial Pinoy itu mayoritas perairan - mirip dg kita - jadi AL Pinoy sepertinya diprioritaskan.

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    2. Duterte punya ego ngan negara uncle sam, dan lepaskan tawaran keemasan dari pihak us, yang menunjukkan sifat kebudakan daripada seorang pemimpin

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    3. macam ngerti aja kau @eligo babi kau dari bangsa dungu malaysia

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  4. As if submarines are any cheaper. Lol

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    1. The blogs are brewing. One is even joked with a comment on one of max defense post where it shows a picture of a submarine tied to the pier and he said something like this is what our subs will be. 95% of the time tied to the pier. In other words doing nothing. As funny as it seems and thankfully people were able to understand the joke, it is something to worry about. If the submarines were indeed purchase, what Edward joked about will become a reality. I believe that the reason why they are backtracking on the fighters is most likely because of the planned acquisition of the submarines. Submarines are notorious for being suckers of budgets. The subs might kill or delay other programmes as well. They should stick to the original plan and get it in horizon 3. That is what i think. What about u guys?

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    2. Couldnt agree more.. dats totally r8 thought. Do they know how expensive the sub ?,how to maintain the sub ? How much bucks to spent for the expensive terpedos ?

      I'd rather go for F16 instead.

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    3. This issue is all about politics. Not defense. Sadly

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    4. How come they said they dont have enough money for jets but they have money for subs ?

      Do they know the actual price of sub ?

      Indonesia spent for about $ 1,1 Billion for 3 changbogo class means approx $ 360 Million per unit exlude maint and terpedos.

      On the other hand Indonesia spent $ 700 Million for 24 F16Block 52id, so in this case 1 CHGBG Sub equal to 12 F16s block 52.

      Imagine for 3 subs cost means you gonna get 36 jets or can make 2 squadrons to defends your country. Dats gonna be huge different in air superiority for Philipine compare to underwater sub.

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  5. I disagree with the Department secretary of defense on his statements!! C'mon Mr. Secretary our air force has been longing for MRF and the President itself already approved the project!!

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  6. f16 cos maintenance masih dibilang mahal, mau nyari pesawat apaan sih ? pengen jago tapi yang murah ya tucano aja

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    1. tucano, lha mereka uda beli donk kan tim elit shoping soping 3 matra tempur, tinggal tunggu dateng aja trus yg tetangga kesayangan pengsan lg haha!πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†

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