Indonesian Defense Chief Criticized for Planned Eurofighter Typhoon Purchase

Prabowo has written a letter to his Austrian counterpart Klaudia Tanner on July 10 expressing his wish to buy the Eurofighter Typhoons.

The Austrian Air Force operate the Typhoons since mid-2008. The planes have been plagued by budgetary limits that constrained their flying time to 80 flying hours instead of the intended 110 hours. 

Indonesia's armed forces are often plagued by aging equipment and spare parts. The most recent evidence of this was a crash of a Hawk 209 trainer/fighter bomber in Riau last June. No casualties were reported in the incident. 

(Writers : Haryanti Puspa Sari, Achmad Nasrudin Yahya | Editors: Diamanty Meiliana, Fabian Januarius Kuwado)

Sources: 

https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2020/07/22/12493081/ketua-komisi-i-minta-prabowo-tak-buru-buru-putuskan-beli-pesawat-tempur?page=all#page2 .

https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2020/07/22/15265141/menhan-didesak-batalkan-rencana-membeli-eurofighter-typhoon-bekas?page=all#page2.