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As part of the contract, Poland will upgrade its entire fleet of 48 F-16C/D Block 52+ jets to the F-16V Block 72 standard. The Polish Defense Minister Wladysław Kosiniak-Kamysz has signed a deal worth ...
Lockheed Martin announced that the first Bulgarian F-16C Block 70 has successfully flown for the first time on Oct. 22, 2024, at the company's production facility in Greenville, South Carolina.
Poland signs $3.8B deal to upgrade 48 F-16s to the advanced F-16V Block 72 standard, boosting NATO interoperability and local ...
Together with the F-16V upgrade, the HAF also opted to perform a subsequent in-house upgrade of the F-16C/Ds Block 50 by using equipment removed during the Block 72 upgrade from the other aircraft.
The first flight of an F-16V upgraded in Greece comes just two years after the government decided to commit to the upgrade of 82 of its 153 F-16C/Ds Block 52 to the new configuration.
With the first of 14 F-16s for Slovakia rolled out on 6 September, deliveries should commence in the second quarter of 2024. (Slovak MoD) Lockheed Martin rolled out the first F-16C Block 70 ...
The F-16C/D Block 70 is equipped with an engine that has 29,000 pounds of thrust, while the existing, upgraded Taiwanese F-16A/B jets, of which there are over 140 aircraft and which were ...
The F-16C Block 40 Barak 2 remains in service with 101 Squadron at Ramat David Air Base. Janes World Air Forces noted that the IAF had 81 F-16C Block 30/40 jets at the height of the type's service.