That's because Ukraine air force is barely holding on fighting against Russian air force. Malaysia air force is more modern with Su-30 mkm and F-18. That's why Malaysia only buy SHORAD because we have combat aircraft to counter longer range air threats.

NEW DASSAULT AVIATION RAFALE FOR INDONESIA!

By Arnaud - November 18, 2022

It took him less than a year to decide to order new French planes. The Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Udara has announced that it has a provision of 3.9 billion US dollars to equip itself with new equipment including additional combat aircraft. And part of this sum will be destined for the French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation and its star fighter, the Rafale F4. Knowing that at the beginning of the year this Indonesian air force has already committed for forty-two of these state-of-the-art aircraft.

Three billion nine hundred million US dollars is a huge sum. It was on the sidelines of the G20 summit that it was organizing that Indonesia made this revelation, hastening to speak above all of the Dassault Aviation Rafale F4. A bit as if the French combat aircraft had become an outward sign of success for an air force and for its country. However, it is currently unknown whether twelve or eighteen standard F4 aircraft will be ordered. The customer remains evasive, the supplier as usual completely silent. With this provision of nearly four billion US dollars, Indonesia also confirms to buy back the Dassault Aviation Mirage 2000-5EDA/-5DDA currently in Qatar. We had already told you about his intention in this regard. More than ever, a Djakarta Saint-Cloud axis seems to be taking shape.

Twelve to eighteen new Rafale F4s and a dozen second-hand Mirage 2000-5s, even with the appropriate training and services, this will never represent 3.9 billion US dollars. In fact the Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Udara is considering another military aircraft program that has nothing to do with fighters. She remains rather nebulous on the matter.

And to have a beginning of answer it is necessary to be interested in the local media, specialized in defense and aeronautics in economic affairs. And there clearly the question becomes less obscure: Indonesia wants its own AWACS in order to better protect its airspace from the risks of incursion of Chinese origin. And there is no question of calling on Dassault Aviation since the French aircraft manufacturer has nothing like it in store.

Potential competitors can be counted on the fingers of one hand: Embraer E-99, Gulfstream G550CAEW, Northrop-Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, and Saab GlobalEye. It remains to be seen whether this Asian state will have the means to achieve its ambitions because these four aircraft are ultramodern aircraft that are perfectly adapted but quite expensive.

Until then it was thought that Indonesia only wanted to replace its Sukhoi Su-27SKM Flanker and Su-30MK2 Flanker-C with Rafale F4s. It now seems certain that the ten General Dynamics F-16AM/BM Fighting Falcons in its arsenal are also in the crosshairs of the generals of the TNI-AU. What then of the twenty or so British Aerospace Hawk Mk 209 light fighters? The future will undoubtedly tell us.

It is interesting that Indonesia made this revelation about its provision of almost four billion euros even though the first of its soldiers are in France to be trained on Rafale F4. It could be many things, but absolutely not a coincidence!

Indonesia's planned purchase of F-15 jets in final stages, defence minister

By Kate Lamb and Ananda Teresia


[1/4] Indonesia's Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin hold a joint news conference, following their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 21, 2022. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/Pool

JAKARTA, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Indonesia's planned purchase of F-15 fighter jets is in advanced stages and awaiting final sign-off from the government, the Southeast Asian country's defence minister said on Monday.

Speaking after meeting his U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin in Jakarta, Prabowo Subianto said that Boeing had agreed to the financial offer proposed and he was confident the package was affordable.

"The decision now is with the Indonesian government... Negotiations have advanced very well," he said.

In February, the U.S. State Department approved the potential sale of Boeing F-15ID aircraft and related equipment to Indonesia in a deal valued at up to $13.9 billion, the Pentagon said.

Indonesia has been seeking to overhaul its ageing air fleet for some time, which currently includes U.S.-made F-16 and Russian Sukhoi Su-27 and Su-30 jets.

"We certainly support the minister's efforts to continue to modernise their defence systems and capabilities and we want to continue to be helpful in any way we can," U.S. Defense Secretary Austin said.

"The acquisition of the F15 certainly increases interoperability," he added.

Anyone knows where can I buy a high quality (ie. those sewn types) Malaysia flag?
I remember back in the day my Pengakap flags that we used were sewn flags and also those on base indoor flag as well. Not the kinds that you see around now which are like printed flags.

Tons of those in shopee.

Even the rubber type.

Any example? i tried looking on shopee before but cant find any high quality ones.

For example of US flags: https://www.amazon.com/American-Flag-USA-Co...0/dp/B00XHA8WVY
The red white stripes are sewn together and the stars are embroidered in

barely? russian air force is getting thrashed by their air defence.

russia failed to dominate ukraine air.

we have combat aircraft to counter long range threats? We only have 8 hornets and 18 Sukhois.

compared to singapore..they have more than 3 times our fighter jets.

I've great admiration for the conduct of the UAF. Fundamentally using same designs as the Russians, but obtaining operational results far beyond the normal operation envelope, in direct contrast to the Russians. Shows the importance of doctrine, logistics, and training. The MiGs are being used exactly as they were designed for, which is short field take off from rough, dispersed airstrips and they have denied Russia air superiority consistently for 9 months. The planes are clearly being operated close to their engineering limits and are still operating fairly well it seems. The Americans will be studying them for years after this I imagine.

check out the new RUSI Ukraine report

UAF interceptors was decisively defeated by Russian counter-air, mainly due to using older generation USSR designs - they have no active guided medium range AAM

seems UAF SAMs are doing the work of denying air superiority.

what is true however is that UAF CAS birds have been active on the front lines due to RuAF inability to establish air superiority. serious balls.

Their ability to jerry-rig US HARM missiles onto MIGs is really clever.