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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

Something to remember - the F-16Bs are all at least 20 years old and many date back to the early 80s.

Old machinery tends to fall out of the sky eventually.


8 posted on 09/21/2019 5:34:30 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

Yep, the Euros are flying Block 10s and 15s. F-16 is up to Block 70 now.


11 posted on 09/21/2019 7:24:42 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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Yes, the tail number of the jet is “80-3593”. The first two digits are the year of its delivery date, so it’s been in service since 1980. Coming up on 40 years of service.


13 posted on 09/21/2019 7:29:26 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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