Flyvevåbnet don canzawa zuwa F-35A Walƙiya II
Denmark na ɗaya daga cikin masu amfani da F-16 na farko a Turai, inda suka sayi jimillar jiragen F-77A da B 16.
A ranar 12 ga watan Mayu ne gwamnatin kasar Denmark ta sanar da bayar da lambar yabo ta kasa da kasa don zabar wani sabon nau'in jirgin yaki mai fa'ida da yawa, wanda zai maye gurbin motocin F-80AM/BM da ke aiki tun shekaru 16 da suka gabata. Laurel na nasara ya tafi ga damuwa na Lockheed Martin, wanda ya ba Copenhagen sabon samfurinsa, F-35A Lightning II. Don haka, Danes zai zama na biyar na Turai mai amfani da wannan zane kuma ya shiga Burtaniya, Netherlands, Italiya da Norway.
Denmark ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin masu amfani da Turai huɗu na farko na Janar Dynamics F-16 na yaƙi da yawa (bayan Netherlands, Belgium da Norway).
Da farko, Copenhagen ya ba da umarnin 46 F-16As da 12 kujeru biyu Bs, waɗanda aka isar da su daga layin taron Belgium zuwa wuraren SABCA a Charleroi. Na farko ya shiga sabis a ranar 28 ga Janairu, 1980, kuma an kammala jigilar duka zuwa 1984. A watan Agusta 1984, an sayi wani rukunin jiragen sama goma sha biyu (takwas A da huɗu B), wanda kuma aka gina a masana'antar Fokker a Netherlands. kuma a cikin 1987-1989. A cikin shekaru goma masu zuwa, wannan lokacin daga kayan aikin rarar Amurka, ƙarin injunan Block 15 guda bakwai (shida A
kuma daya B). Bayan rugujewar yarjejeniyar Warsaw da kuma kawo karshen yakin cacar baka, 'yan kasar Denmark sun fara amfani da motocinsu sosai wajen ayyukan balaguro. A cikin wannan mahallin, amfani da F-16 a cikin ayyukan yaƙi a kan Yugoslavia (1999), Afghanistan (2002-2003), Libya (2011) ko - tun 2014 - a kan abin da ake kira. Daular Musulunci. Bugu da kari, a matsayin wani bangare na alkawurran da suka yi na kawance, suna gudanar da ayyukan jujjuyawa a matsayin wani bangare na aikin 'yan sandan sama na NATO a kan Iceland da kasashen Baltic.
A farkon karni, an inganta motocin Danish a ƙarƙashin shirin MLU, wanda ya kawo kayan aikin su da ƙarfin yaƙi kusa da nau'ikan F-16C / D na baya, kuma sun tsawaita rayuwar sabis. Koyaya, saboda tsadar kayan aikin tsufa, an fara raguwa sannu a hankali a cikin adadin jiragen sama a cikin rukunin yaƙi. A halin yanzu, kimanin jirage 30 ne ke ci gaba da aiki, wadanda kayan aiki ne na tawaga biyu.
Ayyukan da suka danganci maye gurbin F-16 tare da sabon zane an amince da su daga gwamnati a cikin 2005. Tun da farko, a cikin 1997, Denmark ta shiga shirin F-35 a matsayin abokin tarayya na Tier III tare da gudummawar kusan dalar Amurka miliyan 120, wanda ya ba da izinin yin oda tare da kamfanoni na gida (ciki har da Terma yana samar da trays na rataye don sassan 25 mm, waɗanda za a yi amfani da su akan F-35B da F-35C, wasu kamfanoni suna samar da sifofi masu haɗaka da igiyoyi), kuma ɗaya daga cikin F-16 na Danish tare da matukin jirgi yana shiga cikin jiragen gwaji a Edwards Air Force Base a California.
Dukkanin masana'antun yammacin duniya na manyan motoci masu amfani da yawa sun bayyana aniyarsu ta shiga gasar. Ba da da ewa, ta 2008, biyu daga cikinsu - Swedish Saab da Faransa Dassault - fita daga samarwa. Dalilin wannan mataki shine nazarin abubuwan da ake bukata, wanda, a cewar wakilan kamfanonin biyu, sun fi son samfurin Lockheed Martin. Duk da wannan, haɗin gwiwar Eurofighter GmbH da damuwa na Boeing sun shiga cikin rikici tare da waɗanda aka fi so. Koyaya, a cikin 2010 an dakatar da tsarin saboda kasafin kuɗi da… Bincike na lokacin ya nuna cewa F-16MLU baya buƙatar sauyawa na gaggawa kuma yana iya kasancewa cikin sabis a cikin adadi mai yawa na shekaru da yawa. Dangane da bayanan anecdotal, Boeing ya sami manyan maki daga kwamitin tantance shawarwari, wanda aka yaba da kunshin diyya da balagaggen ƙira. Ba za a iya faɗi haka ba ga F-35, wanda a lokacin har yanzu yana fuskantar hare-hare daga ƙungiyoyin siyasa da kafofin watsa labarai saboda ƙarin jinkiri a cikin tsarin R&D da ƙarin farashin shirin.
An sake fara aikin a cikin 2013, tare da sabon jirgin da ake sa ran shiga sabis a cikin 2020-2024. kuma zai kai ga shirye-shiryen aiki a kusa da 2027. An ƙaddamar da buƙatar farko don motoci 34. Ƙungiyoyi uku suna sha'awar sake shiga gasar: Lockheed Martin, Boeing da Eurofighter GmbH. Abin sha'awa, St. Louie kawai ya ba da Super Hornet a cikin nau'in kujeru biyu na F, wanda zai iya zama mai ruɗani, musamman tunda ba mu taɓa jin irin wannan tayin daga ƙungiyar Tarayyar Turai ba. Wataƙila 'yan kasuwan Boeing sun ɗauka cewa ma'aikatan jirgin biyu sun yi kyakkyawan aikin yaƙi saboda rabuwar ayyuka a cikin jirgin. Wataƙila ƙwarewar Ostiraliya kuma ta taka rawa a nan. Canberra kawai ta sayi Super Hornets na kujeru biyu don RAAF, waɗanda suka sami ingantaccen ƙimar aiki.
