F 16 Romania

At first 4 a models and 1 b model was reported.
F 16 romania. Cea mai nouă variantă f 16 dezvoltată pâna în prezent este f 16 block 60 denumit și f 16e f. Romanian ministry of defence decided to buy another five f 16 fighting aircraft. Cel de al 4300 lea avion f 16 a fost un f 16c advanced block 50 destinat oman și livrat în data de 20 04 2006. Primul avion f 16 block 60 a efectuat primul zbor pe 06 12 2003.
The first six f 16 fighting falcons that bear the tricolor roundel of the romanian air force will be officially taken over from portugal tomorrow romanian national defense minister mihnea motoc wrote on facebook. It also intends to purchase 36 more such aircraft in the future from other nato countries like the us and greece but also israel is an option. România va mai achiziționa încă 5 avioane de tip f 16 pentru a avea o escadrilă completă de 17 avioane. In total romania will have seventeen aircraft of this kind.
Ultimately american f 16 jets are to fully replace obsolete mig 21. Romania will buy another five f16 jet fighters with the same configuration as the 12 already purchased defense minister gabriel les announced on july 3 profit ro reported. Romania has signed a contract in 2013 with portugal for 12 f 16 a b block 15 mlu fighters 4 the first six fighters have entered service with the romanian air force in october 2016 another three have been delivered in december and the last three have entered service in 2017. Similarly as with the previous purchases this concerns second hand units from portugal.
Romania now plans to buy five more f 16 fighter jets from portugal four single seaters and one dual seater by the end of this year. Această versiune este destinată exclusiv emiratelor arabe unite eau. The five f 16 fighter jets that portugal will sell to romania in a deal officialized monday will be modernized and updated at the monte real air base according to a source from the ministry of defense. Both governments negotiated the deal and in january of 2020 a deal was signed for a total of 5 airframes albeit all of them being a models to complement the existing fleet to a total of 17 airframes.
Although i hesitate to use big words when i speak of acquisitions be them major i must say that tomorrow will be a truly historical day for romania and its army. In 2019 a rumor came through that romania was to acquire another batch of second hand f 16 s from portugal.