That's one more plane out of the chop suey fleet. Question now is what Indonesia is going to replace it with.
>>64835512Indonesia is going all in on the Rafales it looks like
>>64835512Another article on the same topichttps://breakingdefense.com/2026/02/boeing-abandons-indonesia-f-15-bid/Basically, indonrsia be slacking on planning things out so Boeing said "nah, fk this"
I'm going to guess Indonesians recent fuck up with the kf21 led to this?
>philippines spending the last 10years window shopping for F16s>Lockheed doubling down their sales pitch to the flips>Indonesia might have a hard time paying for their planes>buh-bye, bitch, no Eagles for youAm I the only one noticing the disparity here?
>>64835537Flips not being retarded and saying they'll buy stuff with no way to pay for it meanwhile Indonesians can't uphold their end of the deal?
>>64835550>Spiritually Chinese>But MuslimNo wonder they have the reputation of being the dumbest part of SEA.
Indonesia needs to pour public funds into the huge project of relocating its capital for decades.
>>64835512gripen
>>64835537It was Indonesia that told Boeing that the deal was off. This was after Boeing rushed to have the US government approve the sale
>>64835524>"In the over two years since the acquisition was announced, the Indonesian government never formalized plans to procure the aircraft. Seemingly as result, Boeing appears to be ditching the deal."I don't get it, why go through all that effort to get a deal made in the first place? Did they look at their financials and realize they couldn't afford the 24 planes and simply let the deal fall through to save face?
>>64836207They got too distracted fantasizing about war with Australia and forgot to actually mail the paperwork.
>>64836207They already knew they couldn't afford those planes in the first place and still went with the deal Boeing. Then pretty much just ghosted them until Boeing gave up.
>>64835512Boeing is such a failure it is unreal
>>64835555Quads confirm.
>>64835512They are just tired of American planes and built in kill switches. I would be too, if I wasn't American.
>>64835555>No wonder they have the reputation of beingHighest percentage of Denisovian DNA next to Borneio. Coincidence?