On January 31, 2025, Bulgaria’s Defense Minister, Atanas Zapryanov, attended a handover ceremony at Lockheed Martin’s facility in Greenville, South Carolina, to receive the country’s first F-16 Block 70 fighter… Continue reading "Bulgaria Receives First F-16 Block 70 Fighter Jet from Lockheed Martin"
Lockheed Martin announced March 6 that three F-16 Block 70s built for the Royal Bahraini Air Force have departed for Bahrain from Lockheed’s Greenville, South Carolina, F-16 production facility. According… Continue reading "First Bahraini F-16 Block 70s Make Ferry Flight To Bahrain"
The United States State Department formally notified Congress Friday that it had approved a potential sale of F-16Vs and F-16 upgrade packages to Turkey, following the deposition of Turkish documents… Continue reading "US State Department Approves Potential Turkish F-16 Sale After Swedish NATO Approval"
US aviation giant Lockheed Martin has begun delivering F-16 Block 70 jets to the Slovak Air Force. The first batch of two F-16 Block 70 jets, a single-seat C model… Continue reading "Lockheed Martin Delivers The First Two F-16 Block 70 Aircraft to the Slovakian Air Force"
The Taiwanese Ministry of Defence confirmed signing the deal for long-range air-to-ground and air-to-air missiles worth approximately $500 million with the US. The details of this contract have not been… Continue reading "Taiwan To Enhance Its Missile Arsenal With AGM-158 JASSM"
At an official event at the company’s production site in Greenville, South Carolina, Lockheed Martin unveiled the first F-16 Block 70 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft manufactured for Slovakia as part of… Continue reading "Slovakia’s First F-16 Block 70 Fighter Jet Has Been Unveiled"
In recent days there has been a new development in Poland and South Korea’s ever strengthening defense ties – could Poland be set to purchase the KF-21? Polish defense news… Continue reading "First European Country Considers KF-21 ‘Boramae’ Purchase"
The first two F-16 type fighters upgraded to the “Viper” standard in collaboration with Lockheed Martin and the Hellenic Aerospace Industry (EAB) were delivered to the Hellenic Air Force. At… Continue reading "The Hellenic Air Force Begins Receiving Upgraded F-16 Viper Fighters"
While Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to pose a threat to European security, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on April 4, that the sale of eight F-16… Continue reading "The US Approves Sale of 8 F-16 Fighter Jets To Bulgaria"
On June 14, six United States Air Force (USAF) F-16CM aircraft touched down in Indonesia to participate in the bilateral Cope West 2021 exercise, according to a Pacific Air Forces… Continue reading "Indonesia and The United States Kick off Nine Day Military Exercise Cope West 2021."