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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.
"An initial payment has been made for the procurement of F-16 Block-70. A payment of $1.4 billion has been made. With this, we will buy 40 F-16 Block-70 Viper and we were going to buy 79 ...
The Block 30s are undergoing F-16 Özgür I program to the Block 30M. [4] Block 40s and 50s have been upgraded to the latest Block 50+ standards under the PO-III and F-16 MSM/CCIP Programs as Block 40M and Block 50M. [5] 40 F-16 Vipers on order. [6] 93 F-16Ds are used for conversion training. [1] One used by SoloTürk demonstration team. [7] F ...
On December 12, 2018, Slovakia signed a contract to acquire 14 F-16V/Block 70 with additional equipment. All are to be delivered by 2025. [ 33 ] The first completed jet was unveiled by the manufacturer on 7 September 2023, [ 34 ] and first two aircraft were delivered to Slovakia on 22 July 2024.
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. [5] 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. [6] [7] [8] At August 2018, Northrop Grumman conducted an APG-83 fit test ...
A weird, but promising, European coalition will train Ukrainians to fly American F-16s in the war against Russia. And now, the U.S. is also on board.