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Indonesia should consider F-18
Purchase 12-18 of the F16s, and Indonesia SHOULD also get 2-3 squadrons of F18s.
Our Air Force Chief of staff once said, the Air Force want to building again dedicated maritime attack Wing of fighter/fighter bomber, something we had long lost this capacity since the abolished of Tu-16 Squadrons and Il-28 Squadron in 1970. But the most crucial obstacle is the lacks of resources. Jokowi Government seem have a strong interest to build a strong military forces but only if Indonesia can achieve their economics target, so they can ready to be all out and people will not worry about their daily life, if not we can only build and fulfill our aspiration in military field in the most modest way as usual.
The most likely candidate is as usual we will pairing Western and Eastern made platforms. We want to acquire the retired S-3 Viking for numbers and their ASW capability will give us the hand we most needed in ASW fields, meanwhile aiming for Su-34 Platypus as deterrence squadrons and their anti-surface capability can made a difference in the field.
And for the F-16, as long as i know Indonesia want to build a dedicated interceptor/Air superiority Wing (around four squadrons) under the auspices of Kohanudnas (Air Defense Commands Center). The most likely target of acquisition is Eurofighter Typhoon tranche 1 ex Royal Air Forces and they will be mixed with the newly built ones. And if Indonesia doesn't have money because of the limited budget, US government has giving us clearance for more grants of Block 25 F-16.
The most interesting time will come soon