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India to buy and manufacture F-16I?

Thursday, March 22, 2007
India has been offered the advanced F-16I Sufa, according to Defence News. The F-16I is a version specifically designed and built for Israel. As part of the deal, 108 of the 126 aircraft would be manufactured in India.

Turkey and US disagree over F-16 deal

Monday, March 19, 2007
Turkey and the US failed to reach agreement on production and delivery of F-16s. It seems that Lockheed Martin cannot meet Turkish Air Force requirements regarding an accelerated delivery schedule of 30 F-16 Block 50 jets.
The Turkish goverment is in dispute with its armed forces in regards to the acquisition of a electronic warfare system, Spews 2 plus, which will be installed on 58 US built Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 50s.

F-16s use new 20mm ammo in battle

Friday, March 02, 2007
Air Force F-16 pilots employed a new 20mm cannon round in their M61/A1 'Vulcan' Gatling guns for the first time, first validating the rounds at a firing range on Feb. 22, and then employing them in battle Feb. 26.
The U.S. Defense Department on Wednesday told Congress it had approved the possible sale of up to $421 million in missiles built by Raytheon to Taiwan for use on its F-16 fighter jets.

Belgian F-16 Mlu sale to Jordan

Monday, February 26, 2007
The first F-16s that will be sold to the Royal Jordanian Air Force have arrived at Florennes and Kleine Brogel 'KB' Air Bases.

UAE acquires all of its F-16s

Sunday, February 25, 2007
The United Arab Emirates has acquired all 80 F-16 block 60 aircraft ordered from the United States.
A U.S. HDAM missile has been developed that's better at distinguishing low-power radar emitters from other electronic sources.

India business tycoon set to fly an F-16

Monday, February 05, 2007
The 69-year-old chairperson of India's Tata group, Ratan Tata is scheduled to fly the F-16 fighter jet later this week at the Bangalore-based Aero India 2007 show.

F-16s gear maintenance is 'big issue'

Sunday, February 04, 2007
The Air Force Materiel Command’s chief officer said engineers will try to look for ways to alleviate the workload required to maintain the aging F-16 fighter jet’s landing gear.
The Italian Air Force F-16 fleet has reached 20,000 combined flight hours during a mission in the first few days of January. This is less than 3,5 years after the aircraft came into service..

216 modernization kits for Turkish F-16s

Wednesday, December 27, 2006
The U.S. government awarded a $635 million contract to Lockheed Martin for the upgrade of Turkey's fleet of F-16 fighter jets.
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $931.3 million contract modification for work on 20 F-16C Block 50 aircraft and 10 F-16D Block 52 aircraft under the Peace Xenia IV program. This contract is additive to a February 2006 contract for $99.7 million.
Engineers at McDonnell Douglas are starting tests to integrate the GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb on the block 30, 40, and 50 variants of the F-16 jet fighter, as well as on the F-22A fighter bomber.

Four more F-16s to be delivered to Poland

Sunday, December 10, 2006
Four more F-16s are scheduled to arrive in Poland Dec. 14 as part of a second wave of a 48-aircraft delivery and a $3.8 billion program executed by Aeronautical Systems Center and the Air Force Security Assistance Center Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.

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