Do Mexico practically need an airforce?
If the US invades, their airforce would be useless. And if any one else invades, I'm sure uncle Sam would have something to say.
If the US invades, their airforce would be useless. And if any one else invades, I'm sure uncle Sam would have something to say.
From whose pov? Do Mexico have distant territories?
You could construct all sorts of scenarios. But every country has a limited budget, and need to focus that budget on the most likely threats. Fighter aircraft are fairly niche in their roles, and expensive and I can understand Mexico coming to the conclusion they don't need them.
I'm not aware of any territorial disputes involving Mexico. And a marine issue could equally be solved by sailing a ship there, well, from a show of force pov
Even the dozen or so F-5's they had were a lot better than nothing.
Without any kind of air defense, Mexico will now not be able to host any kind of significant world event involving world leaders, or at least not without the US air force providing air cover.
... from whom, exactly? From the planes launched from... US aircraft carriers?
If you mean who would attack something like a high level international conference or sports events (with heads of major powers attending), that would obviously not be US carriers. (If the US navy or air force wants to bomb something, almost nobody can stop that.)
Rather, the threat would be any terrorist or criminal group able to control either a civilian jet or large, fast drone (able to outfly the WW2-era fighters that Mexico still has available).