Originally Posted by
kiwi grey
I'm pretty sure that I've read that France will buy more new Rafales to back fill these early models they have sold.
Presumably at a rate that will keep Dassault's factory ticking over nicely for several years.
Greece and Croatia get reasonably modern 4th generation fast jets at a price they can afford, the L'Armee de l'Air gets a new tranche of latest-specification Rafales, and Dassault stays in the fighter production business for a few more years and also gets a nice stream of parts & maintenance revenue.
Seems like a win-win-win to me
Thanks kiwi, yes does sound like a win-win-win and a good strategy to keep the line going.
Like the US with the recent F-15 buy, the USAF gets the latest and greatest that the the foreign orders have kept the line open.