The F-104 and the F-5E have done laudable service, but they have been around for a long time. Replacement parts are hard to find and their electronic systems are obsolescent, so in the future they will have to be replaced by the IDF.
F-104 及 F-5E 的性能一向為人稱道，可是因出廠年代久遠，零件替換較難、電子系統逐漸老舊，未來勢將全由 IDF 取代。