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"With the initial payment made for the supply of F-16 Block 70, the contracts have come into effect. Technical discussions continue with U.S. government officials and representatives of the manufacturing company regarding the procurement of the F-16 Block 70 aircraft."

 

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"With the initial payment made for the supply of F-16 Block 70, the contracts have come into effect. Technical discussions continue with U.S. government officials and representatives of the manufacturing company regarding the procurement of the F-16 Block 70 aircraft."

is it normal to make a "downpayment" before technical discussions ? I thought all that was sorted out before you make a downpayment.
 

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And thats why i assume

With the initial payment made for the supply of F-16 Block 70, the contracts have come into effect.
 

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And thats why i assume
I simply don't believe that newspiece. LM didn't announce it for the stock exchange, neither did the US media. I think it's a mistranslation and this is not a done deal yet. Let's see.
 

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I simply don't believe that newspiece. LM didn't announce it for the stock exchange, neither did the US media. I think it's a mistranslation and this is not a done deal yet. Let's see.

How about this one?

 

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I was thinking the same, but if companies usually announce these things, then I'd very much like to know why they haven't... I do expect foul play.
 

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How about this one?

That is better 🤪
I was thinking the same, but if companies usually announce these things, then I'd very much like to know why they haven't... I do expect foul play.
Not necessarily foul play, but at the least, specifics are not yet decided upon. That means longer delivery schedule, which I think is our biggest problem right now.
 

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Okeyyyy. So, are they decreasing number of mod kits to shorten the delivery time? Is that it?
Doubt it, that wouldn't have such an effect.

Might be down to other priorities, to cut costs down to spend it elsewhere, like Eurofighters and Özgür-2.
 

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Viper is good but Typhoon is better and Özgür is around the corner. I hope TurAF will compensate less Vipers with more Typhoons.
 

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Cutting down the cost aside, Air Force may also want to increase the F-16 numbers that we can customise and use our weapons as well. (With including remaining Block 50+s to Özgür 2 program, if it is possible)

I wonder if 40 new Vipers are still on table? We may want to buy additional Eurofighters instead.
 

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40 Vipers and 40 EF2000s means 60 aircraft increase after F-4s are retired. That's nearly 25% increase in combat aircraft. Good enough for a stopgap.
 

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Wasn't the change in the deal we get less upgrade kits, but buy still the same amount of neww F-16 Block 70's? Or did I get it wrong?
 

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