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US FINALLY APPROVES SALE OF F-16 BLOCK 70S TO TURKEY US finally approves sale of F-16 Block 70s to Turkey By Jon Lake 16th February 2024 NEWS After a two-year delay, Turkey has finally gained approval from the US government to acquire 40 new-build F-16C/D Block 70 Fighting Falcon multi-role...

*Atif Mian* is an outstanding economist of international repute. His observations on our economy & politics are worth reading. *What Feb 8 elections mean for Pakistan* Pakistan’s economy has consistently fallen behind globally – last year was one of the worst, with the economy actually...

Almost a paradigm shift in its organisation and operations

Turkey will upgrade its fleet of F-16 fighter aircraft with Northrop Grumman's latest electronic warfare (EW) suite, with plans to integrate the system into future blocks of the venerable jet fighter, Janes has learnt. Ankara's decision marks the first major Foreign Military Sales of the...

Published in 2017. And the story continues..... THREE DECADES OF TURKISH VIPERS Aviation Features THREE DECADES OF TURKISH VIPERS By Alan Warnes 18th May 2017 FEATURE Turkey celebrates its 30th anniversary as an F-16 ‘Viper’ operator later this year. Since its first aircraft were delivered...

Published in 2017. Would be interesting to compare with the ongoing progress of the project. INTEL REPORT: COUNTDOWN TO TF-X Aviation Features INTEL REPORT: COUNTDOWN TO TF-X By Alan Warnes 15th June 2017 FEATURE Turkey’s centenary in 2023 is the date set for the country’s first...

https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/f35-fighter-turkey-jet/ The doors 🚪 are opening

Tail flash and S.No of the very 1st PAF Viper

Keep Flying!

Bringing more efficiency and effectiveness and maybe saving costs. It should reduce the number of personnel required perhaps?

It seems Turkey was stuck in a cul-de-sac and couldn't wriggle out but in the end it opens the door on the F-35 program perhaps and the NOC for engines for the T-129 deal between Turkey 🇹🇷 and Pakistan 🇵🇰.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-27/us-approves-f-16-sale-to-turkey-after-nato-sweden-accord State Department approves F-16 sales to Turkey 🇹🇷. 40 new and 80 upgrade kits in a 20B$ deal.

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-f-16-50-years-tail-flash/ 50 years of F-16 celebrated ar Edwards AFB with colourful livery.

Turkey will be spending 20 billion dollars on 40 new F-16 Block70 and 79 upgrade kits for existing Block-50/52 . Thats alot of money.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/f-16-most-dominant-fighter-its-generation-208784 The most dominant and sought after aircraft in the world