Austria’s Air Power Reborn The Game Changing Acquisition of the M346FA Fighter Trainer

[@pablopeter3564]

Great decision of Austria. CONGRATULATIONS. This fleet of M 346 and 15 Eurofighters Typhoons will be a great deterrence.

[@Iamtherealjerkfreak]

The eurofighter are almost at the end of they’re Service life as they are used block one birds from Germany… then they will be stuck in these

[@45641560456405640563]

​@@IamtherealjerkfreakGiven they face no threat.....

[@Ezekiel903]

he is very cheap to maintain, has a long range and extrem manoeuvrability, perfect for anti drone mission's too!

[@met71metaldetector55]

The FA version is not a trainer but a combat version, it is the master trainer version

[@andreasprucha1451]

It's both. It keeps the role and capability of the trainer version, but adds real operation capabilities

[@met71metaldetector55]

@andreasprucha1451 Yes but the FA is a single seater and has 7 armament attachment points, its quality is based on air police and against drones and troop support,... As a trainer it has a very low operating cost, It consumes 1/4 of the fuel compared to other light medium fighters, with an advanced operating system And you can choose it with different system packages, and it can carry the latest generation weapons.

[@AndiAndi-gr6ty]

A perfect complement to Eurofighter.

[@primus6419]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@Andreas-gh6is]

Looks like a death trap. This thing can only fight targets that don't shoot back... But at least it's cheap.

[@45641560456405640563]

Thanks for your input Air Marshall.

[@Daniele-s4e]

Sbagliato,ha un sistema di guerra sia offensiva che difensiva derivata dall Eurofighter, un radar grifo di Leonardo in grado di individuare e gestire obiettivi sia a terra che in volo , abbinato ad armamento sia aria-aria, sia aria-terra,se poi gli austriaci acquistano la versione block 2.0 hanno una macchina dove sono trasferite alcune tecnologie multi-dominio di 5a generazione.

[@farsaijohn9544]

What you are showing looks a lot like a yak -130, would not be a bad choice,&ta-50, 🎉🎉 jf.

[@hughwilson-gm9bw]

It was originally designed by yak.

[@piter6076]

​@@hughwilson-gm9bwbullshit...was an joint venture

[@jacksonteller1337]

​@@hughwilson-gm9bwit was designed by both together. The split came due to RF misbehaving itself. Both filled them with local engines and avionics after that.

[@simonenespolo3662]

​@@hughwilson-gm9bw was design by yak and Finmeccanica togheter

[@PsYcHoRaTurk]

Turkish Hurjet would've been better option. at least Spain recently purchased them

[@simonenespolo3662]

Infact Israel also buy M346FA. Poland buy M346 master, Nigeria and Greece also.

[@jacksonteller1337]

Most are going for trustworthy partners. Spain only went for the lowest bid. Most of us actually look at what we want them to do now and most likely future use.

[@PsYcHoRaTurk]

@jacksonteller1337 Spain went for Hurjet, not because it's cheapest, that's a very ignorant thing to say, they went with hurjet because it's superier to the italian plane and also there will be a technology transfer, also Turkiye will also give a good eco system of indigenous missles, it's more complicated than just being cheapest. Portugal just purchases 2 warships from turkiye and Saudi placed an order for 100 KAAN fighter jets and 100 Kizilelma gmdighter drones. Do you think they did this because it's cheap or because their capabilities. Do your homework before giving smart ass remarks

[@Andreas-gh6is]

@@PsYcHoRaTurk oh great... Turkey even sold those "indigenous missiles" to Ukraine for their drones ... until Putin told Turkey to stop doing that, so they stopped. Everything Turkey builds has Putin built-in. So no, Turkish military gear is never better...

[@PsYcHoRaTurk]

@Andreas-gh6is you are so misinformed. I want to pat your head like a dog, Russia has nothing to offer Turkiye anymore 🤣🤣🤣 man you are extremely brainwashed, Turkiye threw Russia out of Ukraine, Turkiye didn't gain anything from Russia apart from s400 which has already been succeeded by Siper turkish air defense system, Turkiye is finalising trials for 2 Ada class corvette for Ukraine, and the drones supplied through a deal, were halted whwn Russia pleaded for Turkiye to stop supplying Ukraine, Turkiye gave Ukraine the technology to build the drones themselves, you know nothing little boy. FYI because you are so clueless, Turkiye only stopped directly supplying drones because 1, Turkiye doesn't have any direct issues with Russia, and because Russia is a massive energy hub for Gas for Turkiye. Study little boi, you just make yourself look dumb