F-16 no Slovakia - pūlima ʻia ka ʻaelike

I Kekemapa 2018, ma Bratislava, ma lalo o ke kaʻina hana FMS, ua kau inoa ʻia nā palapala e pili ana i ke kauoha o ka mokulele F-16V Block 70 ma United States a me kahi ʻaelike e pili ana i ka hana ʻoihana ma waena o ka Slovak Ministry of Defense a me Lockheed Martin Corporation.

Ma Kekemapa 12, 2018, ma ke alo o ke Kuhina Nui o ka Repubalika Slovak, Petr Pellegrini, Kuhina o ka National Defense Peter Gaidos i kākau i nā palapala e pili ana i ke kauoha o ka mokulele F-16V ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me kahi ʻaelike hana ʻoihana ma waena o ka Slovak. Ke Kuhina o ka Puʻukū a me ka Hui ʻo Lockheed Martin. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka mea hana mokulele e Ana Vugofsky, Hope Pelekikena o International Business Development ma Lockheed Martin Aeronautics. Hoʻolālā ʻia nā ʻaelike i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no ka mālama pono ʻana i ka mokulele o ka Repubalika Slovak a kōkua i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻoihana mokulele ma Slovakia, me ka mālama ʻana i nā mokulele hou e ka ʻoihana pale kūloko.

Ma ka Pōʻalima, Nowemapa 30, 2018, ua hoʻolaha ke kākau ʻōlelo o ka Ministry of Defense of the Slovak Republic (MO RS) Danka Chapakova i ka Ministry of Defense, i pani ʻia e ka National Armaments Director Colonel S. Vladimir Kavicke, e like me ke aupuni. kauoha, kakau i na palapala loea e pono ai no ka hoomaka ana i ke kaʻina hana o ka hoouka kaua mokulele o ka Air Force o ka Armed Forces o ka Slovak Republic (SP SZ RS). ʻO ka mea nui, aia ʻekolu mau ʻaelike, ʻo ka hopena e pono ai no ke kūʻai ʻana i nā mokulele, kā lākou mea hana a me nā mea kaua ma lalo o ka papahana Foreign Military Sales (FMS) o ke aupuni US. Ua pili lākou i ke kūʻai ʻana ma lalo o ka FMS: 14 mokulele, nā mea kaua a me nā mea kaua, nā lawelawe logistic, a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana o ka lele a me nā limahana loea no ka huina o 1,589 biliona euros (e pili ana i 6,8 biliona zlotys). Ua manaʻo ʻia ka ʻaelike e hōʻoia i ka hoʻokō ʻana o nā kuleana i ka NATO ma ke kahua o ka pale ʻana i ka ea, ka hoʻololi ʻana o nā mokulele MiG-29 i ka pono a me ka ʻenehana, a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā mana o ka mokulele Slovak no ka hakakā pololei ʻana i nā pahuhopu ʻāina.

Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ke Kuhina Nui ʻo Peter Pellegrini (mai ka Social Democratic Party Smer, ke alakaʻi o ka hui aupuni o kēia manawa) i manaʻo i ke kau inoa ʻana i nā ʻaelike i ʻōlelo ʻia ma luna nei he mea ʻole i kēia manawa, no ka mea, ua ʻōlelo pū ka ʻōlelo a ke aupuni i ka pono e loaʻa ka ʻae o ke Kuhina o Waiwai, a me ia 'ae a hiki i Nowemapa 30, 2018 aole makahiki i haawiia, i haiia i kekahi la ma hope mai e ka Press a me ka 'Ikepili 'Oihana o ka Chancellery o ka Aha Kuhina o ka Slovak Republic.

Eia naʻe, i ka pule mua o Dekemaba, ua hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia nā ʻokoʻa ma waena o ke Kuhina Nui a me ke Kuhina Kūʻē ʻo Piotr Gaidos (e hōʻike ana i ka hui ʻana o ka ʻaoʻao Christian-national Slovene People's Country), a ua ʻae ke Kuhina Waiwai e hoʻopau i nā ʻaelike kūpono e like me ka mea ma mua. nā kūlana ʻaelike. Ma Kekemapa 12, 2018, hiki ke hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia nā palapala e pili ana i ke kūʻai ʻana i nā kaʻa Lockheed Martin F-16 e Slovakia.

ʻO nā palapala kūʻokoʻa kū hoʻokahi o ka hāʻawi a me ka ʻae ʻana (LOA) ʻaelike pili aupuni i koi ʻia no ke kūʻai ʻana i nā lako kaua ma lalo o ka papahana FMS e pili ana i ke kauoha o 12 hoʻokahi a me ʻelua mau noho pālua F-16V Block 70. E piha pono nā mīkini. kūpono me nā ʻōnaehana NATO a loaʻa iā ia nā mea hana hou loa, hāʻawi ʻia i kēia lā no kēia ʻano mokulele. Aia i loko o ke kauoha ka hoʻopuka ʻana i nā mea kaua, ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa piha ʻana no nā pailaka a me nā limahana o ka honua, a me ke kākoʻo no ka hana ʻana o nā kaʻa no ʻelua makahiki mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kā lākou hana ma Slovakia. Ma lalo o ka ʻaelike, e loaʻa iā JV SZ RS nā kaʻa mua i ka hapaha hope o 2022. a pono e hoʻopau ʻia nā hoʻopuka a pau ma ka hopena o 2023.

Ua ʻike ʻo Kuhina Gaidos i kēia hanana ma ke ʻano he manawa koʻikoʻi no Slovakia a hoʻomaikaʻi aku i kona aupuni no ka ʻae piha ʻana i ka koho i hana ʻia e ka Ministry of Defense. No kāna ʻāpana, ua hoʻohui ke Kuhina Nui ʻo Pellegrini he manawa koʻikoʻi kēia i ka mōʻaukala hou o Slovakia, me ke ʻano o ka waiwai hoʻopukapuka a hiki i ka 1,6 biliona euros. No laila, ke ho'āʻo nei ʻo Slovakia e hoʻokō i kāna mau kuleana i nā hoa pili NATO e hoʻokō i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka hoʻolimalima pale i ka nui o 2% o GDP. ʻO ka mokulele hou e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ka mana a me ka palekana o ka mokulele o ka ʻāina. Me kēia kūʻai ʻana, ua hoʻouna aku ka Repubalika Slovak i kahi hōʻailona maopopo e ʻike ʻo ia i kona wā e hiki mai ana i ka launa pū ʻana i loko o ka European Union a me ka North Atlantic Alliance.

Aia i loko o ʻApelila a me Mei 2018, ua hāʻawi aku ka luna hoʻomalu o ʻAmelika i ka Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan i ʻekolu mau palapala kuʻikahi e wehewehe ana i nā kūlana no ke kūʻai ʻana i nā mokulele, nā mea kaua, nā lako a me nā lawelawe i ka nui o 1,86 billion US dollars (1,59 billion euros). ). Ua komo pū lākou i ka hāʻawi ʻana i 12 F-16V Block 70 multi-purpose combat aircraft a me ʻelua mau noho ʻelua F-16V Block 70, a me lākou he 16 i kēlā me kēia (i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka mokulele a me ʻelua mau mea ʻokoʻa): General Electric F110-GE-129 engines , Northrop Grumman AN mau kikowaena radar / APG-83 SABR me AESA antenna, Embedded Global Positioning System Inertial Navigation System (Northrop Grumman LN-260 EGI, Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suite) Harris AN/ALQ-211 me ka pahu hopu AN/ALE-47 kit hoʻolana. Eia kekahi, ua hoʻokomo lākou i ka 14: Raytheon Modular Mission Computer, Link 16 (Multifunctional Information Distribution System / Low Volume Terminals), Viasat MIDS / LVT (1), nā ʻōnaehana hoʻololi ʻikepili (213), hōʻike ʻike i ka mahiole a me nā ʻōnaehana alakaʻi (Joint). Helmet Mounted Cueing System) Rockwell Collins/Elbit Systems of America, Honeywell Improved Programmable Display Generators and Terma North America Electronic Warfare Management Systems AN/ALQ-126. Pono e hana ʻia nā mea hana ʻē aʻe: Advanced Identification Friend or Foe BAE Systems AN / APX-22 a me nā ʻōnaehana hoʻoili ʻikepili palekana interoperable (Secure Communications and Cryptographic Applique), Joint Mission Leidos Planning System), nā ʻōnaehana kākoʻo aʻo honua, Electronic Combat Auxiliary lako polokalamu lako o ka International Safety Assistance Program, nā pūʻolo polokalamu pono ʻē aʻe a me ke kākoʻo ʻenehana, nā ʻāpana ʻokoʻa a me nā mea hana, a me nā lako kākoʻo honua. ʻO ka pūʻolo pū kekahi: ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana o ka lele a me nā limahana loea (160 mau pailaka a me XNUMX technicians) me ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā lako pono, nā puke a me nā palapala ʻenehana, kākoʻo hana kumu no ʻelua makahiki mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hana o ka mokulele, etc.

Ua komo pū nā ʻaelike i ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā mea kaua a me nā mea kaua: 15 mau pūkuniahi 20-mm GD-OTS M61A1 Vulcan me nā pu, 100 Raytheon AIM-9X Sidewinder air-to-air missiles a me 12 AIM-9X Captive Air Training missiles, 30 nā missiles alakaʻi o ka Air-to-air Raytheon AIM-120C7 AMRAAM a me ʻelua AIM-120C7 Captive Air Training Missiles.

ʻO nāʻaelike e wehewehe ana i nā hua'ōlelo o ke kūʻaiʻana, e wehewehe ana i nā kumumanaʻo no ka hoʻokōʻana i ka papahana a me kāna kālā kālā, i waena o ke aupuni. ʻO kā lākou hōʻailona he kūlana no ka US Air Force e hoʻopau i nā ʻaelike me Lockheed Martin no ka hana ʻana i nā mokulele a i ʻole ka hana ʻana i nā mea kaua me kāna mau mea hana.