F16 Block 70 vs Eurofighter Typhoon T2: Which is better for the Chilean Air Force? Analyzing the ...

Video from the channel SCREW16 about Eurofighter Typhoon, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 18:24. Language: Spanish. Video type: News.

The video compares two candidates to renew the fighter fleet of the Chilean Air Force (FACh): the Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70 and the second-hand Eurofighter Typhoon offered by the United Kingdom. It opens with information released by another channel according to which the British offer would be 22 aircraft rather than 24, with it still unknown whether they would be tranche 1 or tranche 2, a difference that matters for weapons integration and multirole capability.

The FACh operates F-5 Tiger III aircraft, upgraded with Israeli involvement and expected to remain in service until around 2030, alongside F-16 MLU and F-16 Block 50 jets. In favour of the Block 70, the author cites continuity with a known supplier, a homogeneous fleet with cheaper logistics, quick pilot conversion, already-available weapons and a flight-hour cost of around 11,000 to 12,000 dollars. Against it, a price close to 60 million dollars per aircraft, the delivery backlog and the impossibility of using the Meteor missile.

The Eurofighter would come out much cheaper, between 10 and 20 million euros per unit according to the author, would allow, in tranche 2, European weapons such as Meteor, Brimstone or Taurus, and offers a higher ceiling and payload. Its drawbacks would be its used condition, a per-hour cost of around 19,000 dollars, shorter range, the Captor-M radar instead of the Captor-E, a second logistics chain and greater dependence on the United Kingdom. The author leans toward the Block 70.