Indonesia: Section 2 - Market Overview

摘要

Fighter Fleet. The Indonesian National Defense-Air Force (TNI-AU) continues to plan and execute a long-term strategy aimed at modernizing its fighter fleet by upgrading existing assets and expanding capabilities. This effort dates back to phase one of the Minimum Essential Force (MEF) program undertaken from 2009 through 2014. The goal initially was to recapitalize the Air Force's fighter fleet, which fell into disrepair following the arms embargoes imposed on the country by the U.S. and the European Union in 1999. Once the last of these bans was lifted in 2005, the Air Force continued to struggle from under-investment, leaving its mixed-fleet, fixed-wing assets to atrophy further. That fleet included Block 15 F-16A/Bs, F-SE/F Tigers, Sukhoi Su-27s and Su-30s, and BAE Hawk 209s. The TNI-AU fielded badly aging OV-10 Broncos in the light-attack role.