Flyvevåbnet e hoʻololi iā F-35A Lightning II

ʻO Denemaka kekahi o nā mea hoʻohana mua i ka F-16 ma ʻEulopa, e kūʻai ana i 77 mau mokulele F-16A a me B.

Ma ka lā 12 o Mei, ua hoʻolaha ke aupuni Denemaka i ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi makana honua no ke koho ʻana i kahi ʻano hou o nā mokulele kaua multi-purpose, kahi e pani ai i nā kaʻa F-80AM / BM i hana ʻia mai ka 16s. Ua lilo ka laurel o ka lanakila i ka hopohopo Lockheed Martin, nāna i hāʻawi iā Copenhagen kāna huahana hou loa, ʻo ka F-35A Lightning II. No laila, e lilo nā Danes i ka lima o ka mea hoʻohana ʻEulopa o kēia hoʻolālā a hui pū me UK, Netherlands, Italia a me Norewai.

ʻO Denemaka kekahi o nā mea hoʻohana mua ʻehā ʻEulopa o ka General Dynamics F-16 multirole combat aircraft (ma hope o Netherlands, Belgium a me Norewai).

Ua kauoha mua ʻo Copenhagen i 46 F-16A a me 12 mau noho ʻelua B, i hāʻawi ʻia mai ka laina hui Belgian i nā hale o SABCA ma Charleroi. ʻO ka lawelawe mua i komo ma Ianuali 28, 1980, a ua hoʻopau ʻia ka hoʻopuka holoʻokoʻa e 1984. I ʻAukake 1984, ua kūʻai ʻia kekahi pūʻulu o nā mokulele he ʻumikūmālua (ʻewalu A a me ʻehā B), a ua kūkulu ʻia ma ka hale kanu Fokker ma Netherlands. a hāʻawi ʻia i ka makahiki 1987–1989. I nā makahiki he ʻumi e hiki mai ana, i kēia manawa mai nā lako koena ʻAmelika, ʻehiku mau mīkini Block 15 (ʻeono A

a hoʻokahi B). Ma hope o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka Warsaw Pact a me ka hopena o ke Kaua Cold, ua hoʻomaka ka poʻe Danemaka e hoʻohana ikaika i kā lākou mau kaʻa i nā hana huakaʻi. Ma kēia ʻano, ka hoʻohana ʻana o ka F-16 i nā hana kaua ma luna o Yugoslavia (1999), Afghanistan (2002-2003), Libya (2011) a i ʻole - mai 2014 - kūʻē i ka mea i kapa ʻia. aupuni Islam. Eia kekahi, ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kā lākou hoʻohiki ʻana, hana lākou i nā hana rotational ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka misionari air policing NATO ma luna o Iceland a me nā mokuʻāina Baltic.

I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia, ua hoʻonui ʻia nā kaʻa Denemaka ma lalo o ka papahana MLU, ka mea i lawe mai i kā lākou mau mea hana a me nā mea kaua e kokoke ana i nā mana hope o ka F-16C / D, a ua hoʻonui pū i ko lākou ola lawelawe. Eia nō naʻe, ma muli o ke kumukūʻai o nā mea hana kahiko, ua hoʻomaka ʻia ka hoʻēmi ʻana i ka helu o nā mokulele i nā ʻāpana kaua. I kēia manawa, ma kahi o 30 mau mokulele e noho nei i ka lawelawe, ʻo ia nā lako o ʻelua squadrons.

ʻO ka hana e pili ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka F-16 me kahi hoʻolālā hou i ʻae ʻia e ke aupuni i ka makahiki 2005. Ma mua, i ka makahiki 1997, ua hui pū ʻo Denmark i ka papahana F-35 ma ke ʻano he hoa Tier III me ka hāʻawi ʻana ma kahi o US $ 120 miliona, i ʻae ʻia ke kau ʻana i nā kauoha me nā hui kūloko (me ka Terma e hana ana i nā pā e kau ana no nā ʻāpana 25 mm, e hoʻohana ʻia ma ka ʻO F-35B a me F-35C, nā hui ʻē aʻe e hoʻolako ana i nā hale hana a me nā kaula), a ʻo kekahi o nā F-16 Denemaka me kahi pailaka e komo ana i nā mokulele hoʻāʻo ma Edwards Air Force Base ma Kaleponi.

Ua hoʻolaha nā mea hana Western a pau o nā kaʻa multi-purpose supersonic i ko lākou manaʻo e komo i ka hoʻokūkū. Ma hope koke iho, i ka makahiki 2008, ʻelua o lākou - ʻo ka Swedish Saab a me ka French Dassault - i hele i waho o ka hana. ʻO ke kumu o kēia ʻanuʻu ʻo ia ka nānā ʻana i nā mea e pono ai, e like me nā ʻelele o nā hui ʻelua, makemake i ka huahana Lockheed Martin. ʻOiai kēia, ua komo ka Eurofighter GmbH consortium a me ka hopohopo Boeing i ka hakakā me ka punahele. Eia nō naʻe, i ka makahiki 2010 ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ke kaʻina hana no nā kumu kālā a… Ua hōʻike ʻia nā loiloi o ka manawa ʻaʻole koi ka F-16MLU i kahi pani wikiwiki a hiki ke noho i ka lawelawe ma nā helu nui no kekahi mau makahiki. Wahi a ka ʻike anecdotal, ua loaʻa iā Boeing nā māka kiʻekiʻe mai ke komite loiloi noiʻi, i hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia no ka pānaʻi uku a me ka hoʻolālā ʻana. ʻAʻole hiki ke ʻōlelo like ʻia no ka F-35, i ka manawa i hoʻouka ʻia e nā pōʻai politika a me ka media ma muli o ka lohi hou ʻana i ke kaʻina R&D a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā kumukūʻai o ka papahana.

Ua hoʻomaka hou ke kaʻina hana i 2013, me ka mokulele hou i manaʻo ʻia e komo i ka lawelawe ma 2020-2024. a hiki i ka mākaukau hana ma kahi o 2027. Ua hoʻoholo ʻia ke koi mua no 34 mau kaʻa. ʻEkolu hui e makemake e komo hou i ka hoʻokūkū: Lockheed Martin, Boeing a me Eurofighter GmbH. ʻO ka mea hoihoi, ʻo St. Ua hāʻawi wale ʻo Louie i ka Super Hornet i kahi mana F ʻelua noho, hiki ke huikau, ʻoiai ʻaʻole mākou i lohe i kahi hāʻawi like mai kahi consortium ʻEulopa. Ua manaʻo paha ka poʻe kūʻai kūʻai o Boeing ua hana ʻelua mau kānaka i nā mikiona kaua maikaʻi ma muli o ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana o nā hana i ka lele. Ua pāʻani pū paha ka ʻike Australia ma ʻaneʻi. Ua kūʻai wale ʻo Canberra i ʻelua mau noho Super Hornets no ka RAAF, i loaʻa i nā helu hoʻokō maikaʻi.