Four more F-16 aircrafts arrived today on July 28, 2008. This delivery completes the agreement signed in 2005 for the delivery of 14 F-16s under the Foreign Military Sales Programme.
United States Central Command Acting Commander Lt Gen Martin E Dempsey on Monday handed over four F-16 jet aircraft to Pakistan Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed in a ceremony at the Pakistan Air Force Base Mushaf, Sargodha.
The air chief said the Pakistan Air Force would remain vigilant for the defence of the nation by ensuring the highest level of combat readiness.
Air Cheif Marshal said that these F-16s have the same capability as the Pakistani F-16s, and such addition will surely boost Pakistan’s capability to guard its aerial frontiers.
These four F-16s are part of the F-16s that Pakistan ordered in the 1990’s but were blocked by the American lobbyists. These F-16s have not been performed Mid-Life Upgrade plan and are only refurbished aircrafts which still have to perform the MLU aspect which Pakistan will do so according to its own plans.
Under the Foreign Sales Programme, “the first two F-16s were delivered in December 2005, two more in July 2007, two in February 2008, four in June 2008, and the latest delivery of four on 28th of July 2008.”
United States Central Command Acting Commander Lt Gen Martin E Dempsey on Monday handed over four F-16 jet aircraft to Pakistan Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed in a ceremony at the Pakistan Air Force Base Mushaf, Sargodha.
The air chief said the Pakistan Air Force would remain vigilant for the defence of the nation by ensuring the highest level of combat readiness.
Air Cheif Marshal said that these F-16s have the same capability as the Pakistani F-16s, and such addition will surely boost Pakistan’s capability to guard its aerial frontiers.
These four F-16s are part of the F-16s that Pakistan ordered in the 1990’s but were blocked by the American lobbyists. These F-16s have not been performed Mid-Life Upgrade plan and are only refurbished aircrafts which still have to perform the MLU aspect which Pakistan will do so according to its own plans.
Under the Foreign Sales Programme, “the first two F-16s were delivered in December 2005, two more in July 2007, two in February 2008, four in June 2008, and the latest delivery of four on 28th of July 2008.”