Abasebenzisi bakwamanye amazwe be-IAI Kfir
I-Colombian Kfir C-7 FAC 3040 enamathangi amabili kaphethiloli engeziwe kanye namabhomu amabili asebenza ngelaser e-IAI Griffin amabili.
I-Israel Aircraft Industries yaqala yanikeza izindiza ze-Kfir kumakhasimende akwamanye amazwe ngo-1976, okwakhanga ngokushesha isithakazelo esivela emazweni amaningana. I-Kfir ngaleso sikhathi yayingesinye sezindiza ezimbalwa ezinendima eminingi enekhono eliphezulu lokulwa elitholakala ngenani elithengekayo. Izimbangi zayo ezinkulu ezimakethe kwakuyilezi: i-American Northrop F-5 Tiger II, i-hang glider yaseFrance i-Dassault Mirage III/5 nomkhiqizi ofanayo, kodwa ngokwengqondo ehlukile i-Mirage F1.
Osonkontileka abangase babe khona bahlanganisa: i-Austria, Switzerland, Iran, Taiwan, Philippines futhi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, amazwe aseNingizimu Melika. Kodwa-ke, izingxoxo ezaqala ngaleso sikhathi zaphela ngokungaphumeleli kuzo zonke izimo - e-Austria naseTaiwan ngezizathu zezombangazwe, kwamanye amazwe - ngenxa yokuntuleka kwemithombo yezimali. Kwenye indawo, inkinga yayiwukuthi i-Kfir yayinikwa amandla yinjini yase-US, ngakho ukuthunyelwa kwayo kwamanye amazwe ngo-Israyeli kwakudinga imvume yeziphathimandla zaseMelika, ngaleso sikhathi ezazingakwamukeli konke ukunyakaza kuka-Israyeli komakhelwane bakhe, okwathinta ubuhlobo. Ngemuva kokunqoba kweDemocratic Alliance okhethweni lwango-1976, ukuphatha kukaMongameli uJimmy Carter kwangena emandleni futhi kwavimba ngokusemthethweni ukudayiswa kwendiza exhaswe yinjini yaseMelika futhi efakwe ezinye izinhlelo kusukela e-United States kuya emazweni omhlaba wesithathu. Kungalesi sizathu ukuthi izingxoxo zokuqala ne-Ecuador kudingeke ukuthi ziphazamiseke, okwagcina kutholwe i-Dassault Mirage F1 (16 F1JA kanye ne-2 F1JE) yokundiza kwayo. Isizathu sangempela sendlela yabaseMelika evimbelayo ekuthumeleni i-Kfirs ngenjini yeGeneral Electric J79 engxenyeni yesibili yama-70s kwaba isifiso sokuvimba ukuncintisana kubakhiqizi babo. Izibonelo zifaka i-Mexico ne-Honduras, ezwakalise intshisekelo ku-Kfir futhi ekugcineni yancengwa ukuthi ithenge izindiza zempi ze-Northrop F-5 Tiger II ezivela e-United States.
Isikhundla somkhiqizo ohamba phambili we-Israel Aircraft Industries ezimakethe zomhlaba saba ngcono ngokusobala ngemva kokungena kokuphatha kukaRonald Reagan ngo-1981. I-embargo engekho emthethweni yasuswa, kodwa ukuhamba kwesikhathi kwaphikisana ne-IAI futhi umphumela kuphela wesivumelwano esisha kwaba isiphetho ngo-1981 senkontileka yokuhlinzekwa kwezimoto eziyi-12 zokukhiqiza zamanje e-Ecuador (10 S-2 kanye ne-2 TS- 2, yethulwa ngo-1982-83). Kamuva, abakwaKfirs baya eColombia (inkontileka ka-1989 ye-12 S-2 ne-1 TS-2, ukulethwa ngo-1989-90), eSri Lanka (6 S-2 no-1 TS-2, ukulethwa ngo-1995-96, kwase kuba 4 S-2 , 4 S-7 kanye ne-1 TS-2 ngo-2005), kanye ne-USA (iqashisa i-25 S-1 ngo-1985-1989), kodwa kuzo zonke lezi zimo lezi kwakuyizimoto ezikhishwe ezikhalini e-Hel HaAvir.
Ama-80s kwakungesona isikhathi esingcono kakhulu se-Kfir, njengoba izimoto zaseMelika ezisezingeni eliphezulu nezilungele ukulwa zavela emakethe: McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet futhi, ekugcineni, I-General Dynamics F-16 Combat falcon; I-French Dassault Mirage 2000 noma iSoviet MiG-29. Lezi zindiza zaziphakeme kune-Kfira "ethuthukisiwe" kuyo yonke imingcele eyinhloko, ngakho amakhasimende "anzima" akhetha ukuthenga izindiza ezintsha, ezithembisayo, okuthiwa. Isizukulwane sesi-4. Amanye amazwe, ngokuvamile ngenxa yezizathu zezimali, anqume ukwenza izindiza ezisetshenziswa ngaphambilini i-MiG-21, Mirage III/5 noma i-Northrop F-5 zibe zesimanjemanje.
Ngaphambi kokuthi singene emininingwaneni mayelana namazwe ngamanye lapho i-Kfiry isebenze khona noma isaqhubeka nokusebenza, kufanelekile futhi ukwethula umlando wezinguqulo zayo zokuthekelisa, lapho i-IAI ihlose ukuphula "umbuthano womlingo" futhi ekugcineni ingene emakethe. . impumelelo. Ngokucabanga nge-Argentina, usonkontileka wokuqala omkhulu onentshisekelo ku-Kfir, i-IAI ilungiselele inguqulo elungiswe ngokukhethekile ye-C-2, eqokwe i-C-9, ehlonyiswe, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ngohlelo lokuzulazula lwe-TACAN olunikwa amandla yinjini ye-SNECMA Atar 09K50. E-Fuerza Aérea Argentina bekufanele ithathele indawo hhayi kuphela indiza i-Mirage IIIEA esetshenziswe kusukela ekuqaleni kwawo-70s, kodwa futhi nendiza ye-IAI Dagger (inguqulo yokuthekelisa ye-IAI Neszer) ehlinzekwe yi-Israel. Ngenxa yokuncishiswa kwesabelomali sezokuvikela sase-Argentina, inkontileka ayizange iqedwe, yingakho nokulethwa kwezimoto. Kuphela isiteji esincane sesimanje se-Daggers senziwa ezingeni lokugcina leFinger IIIB.
Okulandelayo kwaba uhlelo lwe-Nammer olunebhongo, i-IAI eyaqala ukuyiphromotha ngo-1988. Umqondo oyinhloko kwakuwukufaka injini yesimanje kakhulu kune-J79 ku-airframe ye-Kfira, kanye nemishini emisha ye-elekthronikhi, ehloselwe ikakhulukazi isizukulwane esisha se-Lawi fighter. Eyunithi yamandla, kwacatshangelwa izinjini ezintathu ze-twin-flow gas turbine injini: i-American Pratt & Whitney PW1120 (ekuqaleni yayihloselwe i-Lawi) kanye ne-General Electric F404 (okungenzeka inguqulo yayo ye-Swedish ye-Volvo Flygmotor RM12 ye-Gripen) kanye ne-French French. I-SNECMA M-53 (i-Mirage 2000 driven). Izinguquko bekufanele zingathinti isikhungo sikagesi kuphela, kodwa futhi ne-airframe. I-fuselage bekufanele inwetshwe ngo-580 mm ngokufaka ingxenye entsha ngemuva kwe-cockpit, lapho amanye amayunithi ama-avionics amasha azobekwa khona. Eminye imishini emisha, kuhlanganise nesiteshi se-radar esisebenza ngezindlela eziningi, yayizotholakala ekhaleni elisha, elikhudlwana nelide. Ukuthuthukela ezingeni le-Nummer akuzange kuphakanyiswe ama-Kfirs kuphela, kodwa nasezimotweni ze-Mirage III/5. Kodwa-ke, i-IAI ayikaze ikwazi ukuthola uzakwethu waleli bhizinisi eliyinkimbinkimbi nelibizayo - i-Hel HaAvir nanoma yimuphi usonkontileka wangaphandle akazange abe nentshisekelo kulo msebenzi. Nakuba, ngokuningiliziwe, ezinye zezixazululo ezihlelelwe ukusetshenziswa kule phrojekthi ekugcineni zigcine ngokuba nomunye wosonkontileka, nakuba zisesimweni esilungiswe kakhulu.
