The HCSAF have announced a number of new orders and upgrades as they continue to rebuild after a decade of financial neglect. There was no news on the F-46 new air superiority fighter project but the F-40S upgrade is going ahead. The initial batch of 250 upgrades has been agreed. For details of the F-40S click here.
The construction of the A-84F Interdictor has continued with the order increased to 750. 300 existing A-84Cs will also be upgraded to the anti-shipping role (A-84CS) with software updates and modifications to the pylons to fire the new HCSAF anti-shipping missile the AS-78.
The HCSAF airlift command has also got funding for an update of it's backbone fleet of 1000 C-440 cargolifters. The fleet will receive communications and navigational updates and some of the oldest in service will be re-engined.
