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https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/america-clears-transfer-of-24-f-16s-to-argentina/ The U.S. State Department has cleared the transfer of 24 F-16s from Denmark to Argentina.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-clears-path-for-f-16-sales-to-turkey-amid-nato-expansion-fe96797e?mod=mhp

F-16 airframes can be refurbished to 12000 hour service life. That is a long life.

First F-16 Block 70 Emerges From Lockheed Martin’s New Factory—128 More on Order Nov. 22, 2022 | By John A. Tirpak The first F-16 of the Block 70/72 configuration has rolled out of Lockheed Martin’s Greenville, S.C., facility in preparation for first flight early in 2023. The factory is geared...

Pakistan has only 18 F-16 C/D Block 52 and rest A/B models. It costs around $30 million to convert block 15 to V model. The upgrade, for Taiwan includes the installation of Northrop Grumman’s AN/APG-83 scalable agile beam radar, a new mission computer and upgraded electronic warfare equipment...

Zero to V standard. 41 F-16A/B were upgraded by Turkey to block 15 MLU in 2010-2014. “In June 2009, the PAF selected TAI to implement the MLU on 41 General Dynamics F-16A/B Block-15s. The upgrade began in Q4 2010 and involved the installation of the AN/APG-68(v9) radar, a new cockpit, the Joint...

F-16V can easily outclass J-10.

Cost per unit of F-16 block 70 remains below $100 million. Purchase of a few dozen F-16V by India (which would neither change the budget or sanction concerns for India) could make Lockheed totally lose interest in upgrade/sale of further F-16 to Pakistan, severely disrupting PAF calculations for...

Bulgarian parliament votes to buy F-16s under $1.3 billion deal WARSAW, Poland — Bulgarian lawmakers have voted to approve the purchase of eight F-16C/D Block 70 fighter jets for the country’s Air Force. The forthcoming acquisition is to be worth close to $1.3 billion. The minister said that...

Congress signals openness to Turkey F-16 sale amid Ukraine cooperation Bryant HarrisMay 4, 11:51 AM Source: Defense News WASHINGTON — Turkey’s 2017 purchase of Russia’s S-400 missile defense system notoriously turned it into a pariah on Capitol Hill, prompting Congress to lead the way in...

The system will defend F-16s from “radio frequency-guided weapons”—radar-guided missiles—by detecting, identifying, and defeating RF threats in an “increasingly contested environment,” the company said in a press release. It will offer advanced countermeasures and “also has proven pulse-to-pulse...

F-16s to receive next-generation electronic warfare suite March 14, 2022 IVEWS provides a next generation EW system that is internal to the F-16 and interoperable with the on-board APG-83 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar. It is designed to Open Missions Systems requirements and...

USAF to Upgrade 608 F-16 to V Standard in Largest Modification Work in History In one of the largest modernization efforts in the USAF history, 608 F-16s – comprised of Blocks 40 and 50 – will undergo up to 22 modifications designed to ensure the fourth-generation fighter remains effective in...

Capt. Chen, the missing pilot, joined the air force in March 2020 and had accumulated a total flight time of nearly 322 hours, including more than 60 hours in a F-16. Crash occurred at sea in the afternoon without any distress call. Usually, engine failure or other technical problems lead to...

Hi, sorry I do not have access to Tata's finance to know how much they "make" from wing assembly. The F-16 was designed without much use of titanium or other high strength, more expensive metals in order to reduce costs. Thus, most of the structure is aluminum alloy, either 2024 or 7475. The...

Turkey is producing F-16 since 1980s through Peace Onyx I, II, III and IV. Over the years Turkish industry has increased the participation in local supply, assembly and upgrade. TAI had contract to build wings, center fuselages, and aft fuselages for USAF F-16s, L-93 RLG by AESELAN, F129 IPE...

Selfie wouldn’t do?!! Lol- that’s called self goal. Learn English. That will be a good start to prevent further humiliation. Leave defense to professionals. Adios.

If you are never wrong in identifying an idiot then you need to buy a mirror or just look around: you will be overwhelmed by sheer numbers. I will not entertain your idiotic comments which is understandable knowing your situation and lack of knowledge.

Here comes another 🥲.. Rafale better than F-35 fanboy 🤪