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The Air Force of Australia may defer the purchase of new multipurpose fighter aircraft F-35 by at least two years since the Government intends in 2010 to tighten control over defense spending, reports The Australian. In this case, the first squadron, manned F-35, will appear in the Australian air force no earlier than 2017.Now, as explained publication, the Government has postponed the second phase of the approval decision on the purchase of fighter planes, which cost about 16 billion Australian dollars, or 13 billion U.S.. Under the new plan in 2014 the Air Force will have to obtain only two aircraft to assess their fighting qualities.Buying a new multi-purpose fighters for aviation must be the largest defense transaction Canberra. More expensive than it estimated just a project to build a twelve submarines of the new generation, the cost of which is to establish a 25 billion Australian dollars, or about 21 billion U.S..In 2010, as stressed The Australian, the Air Force plan to lift the country's weapons fighter-bombers F-111. After that, the Australian aircraft fleet will consist of upgraded F/A-18 Hornet, which operated for almost 25 years, as well as 24 aircraft F/A-18 Super Hornet in the new update that Australians should be given in 2010-2011.Remember that Australia, along with some other countries, considered the purchase of American fighter F-22 Raptor, the export of which has not yet been settled U.S. law. Because of this, the military opted for the alternative F-35, which will be shipped United States and its allies. To date, these planes are already the market is estimated at about three thousand units.