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On 30 September 2021, Turkey sent a formal request to the United States to purchase 40 new F-16 Block 70/72 aircraft and nearly 80 kits to modernize its F-16C/D fighters to F-16 Block 70/72 variant. [55] Turkey latter cancelled the upgrade kits from the deal and decided to modernize F-16s locally. Other
The first country to confirm the purchase of 16 new F-16 Block 70/72 was Bahrain. [250] [251] 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. [252] [253] Slovakia announced on 11 July 2018 that it intends to purchase 14 F-16 Block 70/72 aircraft.
The US State Department approved the sale of 10 F-16C Block 70/72 and two F-16D Block 70/72 jets to the Philippines on 24 June 2021. [235] The interest for F-16s renewed and re-emphasized as both the Philippine and U.S. governments sees the need of fast-tracking the multi-role fighter acquisition project during the Joint 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue.
Belgian Air Component F-16A FA-113, at Beauvechain Air Base, Belgium. The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed for the United States Air Force. It has since been adopted by numerous air forces worldwide, and has been in near-continuous production since 1974, totaling ...
In addition to equipping F-16V for Taiwan and other US allies, US Air Force also selected APG-83 SABR to upgrade 72 of its Air National Guard F-16s. [6] In January 2014, Singapore ordered 70 AN/APG-83 SABR for its 60 F-16C/D/G+ Block 52 upgrade, in a $2.43 billion deal. [7] [8] [9] At August 2018, Northrop Grumman conducted an APG-83 fit test ...
In 2019, Government of Morocco requested purchase of 25 F-16 block 72 and was approved by The U.S. Department of State. [43] A $2.8 billion contract was signed in 2020. [44] First shipment of 12 new Vipers will be received in 2021. [45] It has been proposed to upgrade the existing F-16s to the Block 72 standard. [46]
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In 2007, Boeing and NASA studied the feasibility of returning F-16XL-1 to flight status and upgrading it with many of the improvements found in the USAF's F-16 Block 40 in order to further test sonic boom mitigation technology. [48] F-16XL-1 was taxi tested at Dryden and given systems checks. [48]