Defense minister Mircea Dusa, the Romanian Defense Minister, has officially signed a contract with Portugal for used F-16A/B fighter aircraft. The total contract is worth 600 million Euro of which the first installment of 100 million has been paid.
The aircraft itself are worth 186 million Euro while the rest will be spent on support infrastructure, training, spares, weapons and so on. Nine Romanian pilots and 69 maintenance technicians have begun their training.
The nine F-16A single-seat and three F-16B dual-seat aircraft will be upgraded and modernized before delivery will begin in 2015. A full squadron is expected to be ready to enter service by 2017 where they will replace the Russian MiG-21 Fishbed.
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Bulgaria Intends to Buy 9 Used F-16 Fighter Aircraft From Portugal
Bulgaria has decided to purchase 9 F-16 Block 15 fighter aircraft in used condition from Portugal in a deal worth 700 million Bulgarian Lev or about $465 million according to Bulgarian media reports.
The Bulgarian Defense Ministry expects to use the aircraft for another 25 years. New Gripen fighters from Sweden and used Eurofighter aircraft from Italy were the losing candidates in the competition.
The aircraft are part of 25 second-hand F-16 aircraft Portugal has purchased from the United States in 1999 under the Peace Atlantis II Program, which were subsequently upgraded to the Mid Life Upgrade (MLU) standard.
In the United States, these aircraft had been used by the Air Force for 10 years, starting from 1984, before they were placed in storage.
On September 2012, Romania had also expressed interest in 12 F-16 aircraft from Portugal for about $600 million. An earlier attempt 2 years before, to acquire used F-16 directly from the United States had been cancelled due to lack of funds.
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=146529
The Bulgarian Defense Ministry expects to use the aircraft for another 25 years. New Gripen fighters from Sweden and used Eurofighter aircraft from Italy were the losing candidates in the competition.
The aircraft are part of 25 second-hand F-16 aircraft Portugal has purchased from the United States in 1999 under the Peace Atlantis II Program, which were subsequently upgraded to the Mid Life Upgrade (MLU) standard.
In the United States, these aircraft had been used by the Air Force for 10 years, starting from 1984, before they were placed in storage.
On September 2012, Romania had also expressed interest in 12 F-16 aircraft from Portugal for about $600 million. An earlier attempt 2 years before, to acquire used F-16 directly from the United States had been cancelled due to lack of funds.
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=146529
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