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The first F-16 squadron was the 53rd Fighter Squadron at the 86th Airbase in Fetești. [47] In March 2019, the Romanian Ministry of Defence launched the procedure to procure an additional 36 F-16 aircraft. [48] In April 2019, the Romanian Ministry of Defence announced the Romanian Air Force would procure an additional five F-16s from Portugal.
The first country to confirm the purchase of 16 new F-16 Block 70/72 was Bahrain. [261] [262] 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. [263] [264] Slovakia announced on 11 July 2018 that it intends to purchase 14 F-16 Block 70/72 aircraft.
France joined the F-16 coalition in 2024. [20] The country is to offer initial training for Ukrainian pilots before they could transfer for further fighter jet training offered by other coalition members. [21] Letter of intent signed by Romania, the Netherlands, and Lockheed Martin
Turkey has reduced its planned $23 billion acquisition of an F-16 fighter jet package from the United States, scrapping the purchase of 79 modernisation kits for its existing fleet, Defence ...
The American-made F-16 is an iconic fighter jet that's been the front-line combat plane of choice for the NATO alliance and numerous air forces around the world for 50 years. Western countries ...
Dutch pilots, for example, trained specifically on the F-16 fighter aircraft for more than three decades at Morris Air National Guard Base in Arizona, and now utilize Arizona’s Luke Air Force ...
In the US Air Force the naming convention for fighter aircraft is a prefix "F-", followed by a number, ground attack aircraft are prefixed with “A-” and bombers with “B-”. Fighter aircraft from the second world war onwards are sorted into generations, from 1 to 5, based on technological level. [1] [2] An American F-16 fighter jet
Pakistani authorities admitted to having lost a fighter jet to enemy fighters, but suggested that it may have been either an F-16 or an F-6 and insisted it was attacked over Pakistani territory. [73] Subsequently, Pakistani officials confirmed that the loss was an F-16 in 1987, but asserted it was accidentally shot down in a friendly fire ...