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The first country to confirm the purchase of 16 new F-16 Block 70/72 was Bahrain. [256] [257] Greece announced the upgrade of 84 F-16C/D Block 52+ and Block 52+ Advanced (Block 52M) to the latest V (Block 70/72) variant in October 2017. [258] [259] Slovakia announced on 11 July 2018 that it intends to purchase 14 F-16 Block 70/72 aircraft.
In June 2018, Bahrain finalized its order for 16 new-build F-16V. [32] Hellenic Air Force. In October 2017, the US approved the sale of 123 upgrade kits to Greece to bring their existing F-16C and D fighters up to the new F-16 Block 72 standard. [33] On 28 April 2018, Greece decided to upgrade 84 aircraft. [34] Republic of Korea Air Force
With the new wing design, the tail section had to be canted up 3.16°, [18] and the ventral fins removed, to prevent them from striking the pavement during takeoff and landing. [19] The F-16XL-2 also received a larger inlet which would go on to be included in later F-16 variants. [20]
In the 1990s, a different division came into use in Russia, in which a "fifth generation" fighter was proposed as a counter to the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. In contrast, a preceding fourth generation filled in the gap since the F-15/16 era. [5] [6] This effectively condensed the previous classifications to three generations.
Holloman Air Force Base will be the permanent home to 26 F-16 fighter jets that have been housed at the air base since 2017, and potentially more. ... New Mexico's senior senator, Martin Heinrich ...
The first F-16 AM was delivered in June 2003, and the FAP personnel performed the modification of the remaining 18 aircraft. Currently the Portuguese F-16 fleet uses the AN/ALQ-131 ECM pods, that had originally been bought for the A-7P Corsair IIs, and the new Rafael LITENING II targeting pods. One aircraft has been preserved for public display ...
Ukraine said Thursday that one of its F-16 fighter jets made by the United States crashed while repelling a Russian air strike, killing the pilot onboard. A U.S. official confirmed to CBS News the ...
On 23 May 2006, two Greek F-16 Block 52+ jets were scrambled to intercept a Turkish RF-4 reconnaissance aircraft and its two F-16 escorts off the coast of the Greek island of Karpathos, within the Athens FIR. A mock dogfight ensued between the two sides' F-16s, which ended in a midair collision between a Turkish F-16 and a Greek F-16.