To: DJ Elliott
Yes, I understand that Greece, Turkey, Japan Israel and Poland among others have variant Block Numbers of the F16. The F16 is still very capable fighter and in bad political time could be turned against an ally. I was working in the F-14 Program in Iran when the revolution happened. I am not so sure that the situation is stable enough in Iraq to let them have these aircraft.
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04/11/2010 4:33:07 AM PDT by
NY Attitude
(Make love not war but be prepared for either.)
To: NY Attitude
Add UAE to your list.
We are already exporting the best of the F16 varients to ME countries.
The USAF considers the F16 to be obsolete and is retiring early 134 this year...
To: NY Attitude
By the way, are you aware that the best version of F16 out there was developed for the UAE with their funds? We do not fly those versions. We are out of the F16 purchasing.
When we sold F14s to the Shah, it was just being fielded.
The F16 was built to be the export fighter from the begining and is being phased out of US service...
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