I-Flyvevåbnet izoshintshela ku-F-35A Lightning II

I-Denmark yayingomunye wabasebenzisi bokuqala be-F-16 eYurophu, yathenga isamba sezindiza ezingama-77 F-16A kanye no-B.

NgoMeyi 12, uhulumeni waseDenmark wamemezela ukuklonyeliswa kwethenda yamazwe ngamazwe yokukhethwa kohlobo olusha lwendiza yokulwa enezinhloso eziningi, ezongena esikhundleni sezimoto ze-F-80AM/BM ebezisebenza kusukela ngeminyaka yama-16s. I-laurel yokunqoba iye ku-Lockheed Martin ukukhathazeka, okunikeze i-Copenhagen umkhiqizo wayo wakamuva, i-F-35A Lightning II. Ngakho-ke, amaDanes azoba umsebenzisi wesihlanu waseYurophu walo mklamo futhi ajoyine i-UK, iNetherlands, i-Italy neNorway.

IDenmark yayingomunye wabasebenzisi bokuqala abane base-Europe bendiza yokulwa ye-General Dynamics F-16 (ngemuva kweNetherlands, iBelgium neNorway).

I-Copenhagen yaqale ya-oda ama-F-46A angu-16 kanye nezingu-12 ezinezihlalo ezimbili zama-B, alethwa emgqeni womhlangano waseBelgium ezikhungweni ze-SABCA e-Charleroi. Eyokuqala yaqala ukusebenza ngo-January 28, 1980, futhi konke ukulethwa kwaqedwa ngo-1984. Ngo-August 1984, kwathengwa elinye iqoqo lezindiza eziyishumi nambili (eziyisishiyagalombili ezi-A nezine B) ezakhiwa embonini yakwaFokker eNetherlands. futhi yethulwa ngo-1987-1989. Eshumini leminyaka elizayo, kulokhu kusukela kumishini eyinsalela yaseMelika, imishini eyisikhombisa yeBlock 15 (isithupha A

futhi eyodwa B). Ngemuva kokuwa kwe-Warsaw Pact kanye nokuphela kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi, amaDanes aqala ukusebenzisa izimoto zawo ngokujulile emisebenzini yokugijima. Kulo mongo, ukusetshenziswa kwe-F-16 emisebenzini yokulwa phezu kweYugoslavia (1999), Afghanistan (2002-2003), Libya (2011) noma - kusukela ngo-2014 - ngokumelene nalokho okuthiwa. Isimo samaSulumane. Ngaphezu kwalokho, njengengxenye yezibopho zabo ezihlangene, benza izenzo zokujikeleza njengengxenye yemishini ye-NATO yamaphoyisa asemoyeni phezu kwe-Iceland kanye nezifunda zaseBaltic.

Ekuqaleni kwekhulu leminyaka, izimoto zaseDenmark zathuthukiswa ngaphansi kohlelo lwe-MLU, olulethe imishini yabo namandla okulwa eduze nezinguqulo zakamuva ze-F-16C / D, futhi yandisa impilo yabo yenkonzo. Nokho, ngenxa yezindleko zemishini yokuguga, ukuncipha kancane kancane kwenani lezindiza ezisezindaweni zokulwa kwaqalwa. Njengamanje, kunezindiza ezingaba ngu-30 ezisasebenza, okuyimishini yamaqembu amabili.

Umsebenzi ohlobene nokushintshwa kwe-F-16 ngomklamo omusha wamukelwa uhulumeni emuva ngo-2005. Ngaphambilini, ngo-1997, iDenmark yajoyina uhlelo lwe-F-35 njengozakwethu we-Tier III ngomnikelo olinganiselwa ezigidini ezingu-US$120, okwayivumela ukuba ifake ama-oda ezinkampanini zasendaweni (okuhlanganisa i-Terma ikhiqiza amathreyi alengayo ezingxenye ezingu-25 mm, azosetshenziswa. ku-F-35B kanye ne-F-35C, ezinye izinkampani zihlinzeka ngezakhiwo eziyinhlanganisela namakhebuli), futhi enye ye-Danish F-16s enomshayeli wendiza ibamba iqhaza ezindizeni zokuhlola e-Edward Air Force Base e-California.

Bonke abakhiqizi baseNtshonalanga bezimoto ze-supersonic multi-purpose bamemezele inhloso yabo yokubamba iqhaza kulo mncintiswano. Ngokushesha, ngo-2008, ezimbili zazo - i-Swedish Saab kanye ne-French Dassault - zaphuma ekukhiqizeni. Isizathu salesi sinyathelo kwakuwukuhlaziywa kwezinto ezidingekayo, okwathi, ngokusho kwabameleli bazo zombili izinkampani, bathanda umkhiqizo we-Lockheed Martin. Naphezu kwalokhu, i-Eurofighter GmbH consortium kanye nokukhathazeka kwe-Boeing kungene embangweni nentandokazi. Nokho, ngo-2010 inqubo yamiswa ngenxa yesabelomali kanye… nezizathu zokusebenza. Ukuhlaziywa kwesikhathi kwabonisa ukuthi i-F-16MLU ayidingi ukushintshwa okuphuthumayo futhi ingahlala isebenza ngamanani amakhulu iminyaka eminingana. Ngokolwazi olungajwayelekile, i-Boeing ithole amamaki aphezulu ekomitini lokuhlola isiphakamiso, elinconywe ngesinxephezelo kanye nokuvuthwa komklamo. Kwakungeke kushiwo okufanayo nge-F-35, ngaleso sikhathi eyayisahlaselwa yimibuthano yezombangazwe nabezindaba ngenxa yokubambezeleka okwengeziwe kwenqubo ye-R&D kanye nokwenyuka kwezindleko zohlelo.

Inqubo yaqalwa kabusha ngo-2013, kanti indiza entsha kulindeleke ukuthi iqale ukusebenza ngo-2020–2024. futhi izofinyelela ukulungela ukusebenza cishe ngo-2027. Kwanqunywa isidingo sokuqala sezimoto ezingama-34. Izinhlangano ezintathu zinentshisekelo yokubamba iqhaza kabusha emqhudelwaneni: I-Lockheed Martin, i-Boeing ne-Eurofighter GmbH. Ngokuthakazelisayo, uSt. U-Louie unikeze i-Super Hornet kuphela ngenguqulo yezihlalo ezimbili F, okungase kudide, ikakhulukazi njengoba singakaze sizwe ngomnikelo ofanayo ovela ku-European consortium. Mhlawumbe abakhangisi be-Boeing bacabange ukuthi ithimba lamadoda amabili lenze imisebenzi yokulwa engcono ngenxa yokuhlukaniswa kwemisebenzi endizeni. Mhlawumbe okuhlangenwe nakho kwase-Australia nakho kwaba nendima lapha. I-Canberra ithenge kuphela ama-Super Hornets anezihlalo ezimbili ku-RAAF, ethole izilinganiso zokusebenza ezivunayo.