Malaysia: retirement F-5 this year, Mig-29 in 2015...

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Deputy Defmin said in def budget debate that Mig-29 to phase out in Dec 2015.

F-5E/F phase out this year

Deputy Defmin was asked on MRCA, no decision made yet due to cost but Mig phased out Dec 2015 and F-5 phase out this year

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http://www.malaysiandefence.com/?p=5217
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Sayonara F-5, It was Nice Knowing You

SHAH ALAM: Deputy Defence Minister Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri told Parliament on Nov 18 that the services of the Mig-29N and the F-5 fighter jets in the Royal Malaysian Air Force will end by the end of 2015 and 2014,
respectively.

The deputy minister did not say it but his statement meant that RMAF will lose half of its fighter force within a 12 month period from the 60-odd in service at the moment with no replacement for the immediate future.

The retirement of both aircraft are not surprising as their end service dates had been made public previously.
For the F-5 – RMAF’s first supersonic fighter – this will be the second retirement as it was first deactivated on Nov 10, 2000.
In 2003, at least ten F-5s – four F-5Es, four F-5Fs and two RF-5Es were reactivated and reconstituted as the 12th Squadron.