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Belgium's initial order included 116 F-16A/B aircraft in blocks 1, 5, 10, and 15. Delivery began in 1979, and was completed in 1985. A follow-on order for 44 F-16A/B-15OCU aircraft was completed in 1991. Most of the Danish F-16s were also manufactured in Belgium. Many of the Belgian and Danish F-16s received the MLU update at SABCA.
F-16s were later produced in Turkey under four phases of Peace Onyx programs. In 2015, they were upgraded to Block 50/52+ with CCIP by Turkish Aerospace Industries. [145] Turkish F-16s are being fitted with indigenous AESA radars and EW suite called SPEWS-II. [146] On 18 June 1992, a Greek Mirage F1 crashed during a dogfight with a Turkish F-16.
There were only 13 F-16s with HARMs, all based at Incirlik Air Base, together with 12 F-4Gs. Phantoms had the powerful AN/APR-47 and with these systems, they did the more difficult tasks (attacking the mobile radar sites); F-16s were only recently fitted with HARMs, and the bulk of USAF SEAD was still the F-4G (another 48 were at Sheik Isa ...
Ukraine's F-16s, which cost between $20 million and $70 million each, are of an older generation than many of the F-16s in service in other fleets, and many of its allies are now upgrading their ...
Inactivated 1959 – Not related to 386 FS from World War II 386th Fighter Squadron: P-47: Redesignated 174th Fighter Squadron 387th Fighter Squadron: P-47: Redesignated 175th Fighter Squadron 388th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron
The Netherlands and Denmark have led a push to train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16s and deliver the fighter jets to Ukraine to help counter Russia's air superiority. Denmark will deliver 19 jets in ...
It has since been adopted by numerous air forces worldwide, and has been in near-continuous production since 1974, totaling approximately 4,600 aircraft. As newer variants have entered service, large numbers of older models have been placed on display around the world following their retirement. [1]
Some analysts say the F-16s will not alone prove a turning point in the war, which began with Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.