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The Ying Ying Times
Delegation Visits Kalistan to Discuss Joint Fighter Development
March, 5098

Tai'nan: The Ministry of Defense has send a delegation to the Kalistani capital of Kaliburg consisting of engineers, diplomats, defense experts and high ranking officials from MoD to discuss the possibility of jointly developing a multirole fighter. The idea, first mentioned by the Prime Minister, came about as Yingdala announced its aviation focusses, which would put a lesser emphasize in massive air to ground capabilities and more so on maintaining air superiority above Yingdala itself. To still provide some form of air to ground support to the army the idea for a light but flexible fighter came to be. After some inventarizations the idea floated to work with a partner on such a program, seeing as it would be of lesser importance to Yingdalan defense and by doing so would lower the cost for Yingdala while also creating stronger diplomatic ties. After contacting Kalistani authorities, it became clear that they were interested following their trouble in developing a fully fledged more heavy multirole aircraft. The delegation has reportedly already been meeting with their Kalistani counterparts and are still in Kaliburg discussing the idea of joint development.

It is unclear if and when the two sides will reveal concrete steps to a joint development plan for such a fighter aircraft.