Egypt receives new US F-16 fighter jets

[LowPost]

Egypt received four F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets delivered by the United States to the Egyptian Air Force, officials said Thursday.

US Ambassador Stephen Beecroft and Senior Defense Official Major General Charles Hooper joined Air Marshal Younes Al-Masri and other senior Egyptian military officials in a ceremony at the Cairo West Air Force Base.

Beecroft said the delivery was “another step forward in US-Egyptian cooperation on fighting terror, bringing stability to the region, and strengthening our historic relationship,” according to a press statement by the US Department State.

The aircraft, which were delivered under the Peace Vector programme and provided F-16 fighter jets to Egypt for the past 30 years, will be integrated immediately into the Egyptian Air Force fleet.

Al-Masri said the air force is acting with courage and professionalism in the war on terrorism and maintaining border security in all directions.

Egypt receives new US F-16 fighter jets - Daily News Egypt

 

[Azad-Kashmiri]

The aircraft, which were delivered under the Peace Vector programme and provided F-16 fighter jets to Egypt for the past 30 years, will be integrated immediately into the Egyptian Air Force fleet.

Selling junk to the Egyptians and calling it delivered under ''Peace Vector programme''! The main threat to Egypt comes from the Zionists and highly unlikely they'll supply comparable equipment. Waste of money! During the Gulf War 1, the French gave the codes for their Crotale (SAMS)to the USA. What guarantees do we or Egypt have that the ''friend or foe'' codes are not given to the enemy country? Our weapons may not even fire (because the computer will say ''friendly''). They need to look somewhere else especially Russia or China. Better still start your own fighter plane project with another friendly nation. It is high time all of us start INVESTING in our own countries!

 

[xperia]

IS Egypt getting BVR missiles this time?

 

[black-hawk_101]

Egyptian Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

They have some Block-15s too. Where are those?

 

[MICA]

Egyptian Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

They have some Block-15s too. Where are those?

we had 42 F-16 Block 15 some are phased out and some had accidents and all the rest were upgraded to Block 30/32 so we got no more block 15 in our inventory while the rest are 40 units Block 30/32 , 138 units Block 40 , and finally 20 new Block 52

 

[black-hawk_101]

we had 42 F-16 Block 15 some are phased out and some had accidents and all the rest were upgraded to Block 30/32 so we got no more block 15 in our inventory while the rest are 40 units Block 30/32 , 138 units Block 40 , and finally 20 new Block 52

Can Block-15 be upgraded to any block?

 

[MICA]

Can Block-15 be upgraded to any block?

i can't see why not , most of the upgrades required to be at Block 30 standards are retrofit except one the engine air intake , look at the MLU upgrade most of them are done based on Block 15 aircraft

 

[black-hawk_101]

i can't see why not , most of the upgrades required to be at Block 30 standards are retrofit except one the engine air intake , look at the MLU upgrade most of them are done based on Block 15 aircraft

So why not make all the Block-15, 20 & 25 to Block-30/32s

 

[MICA]

So why not make all the Block-15, 20 & 25 to Block-30/32s

are you talking about the EAF or mainly ?

 

[Skywalker]

The biggest question is..are they bvr equipped or like rest of The EAF toothless F16s.

 

[black-hawk_101]

are you talking about the EAF or mainly ?

for everyone.

 

[MICA]

So why not make all the Block-15, 20 & 25 to Block-30/32s

well because most of the countries go for the better MLU upgrade , simple

 

[Imran Khan]

The biggest question is..are they bvr equipped or like rest of The EAF toothless F16s.

forget the weapons just ride them with sidewinders . I am failed to understand how can be some stupid planner that buy 200 jests without single BVR .

IS Egypt getting BVR missiles this time?

no here is detail of 3.2billions dollar


The Government of Egypt has requested a possible sale of:

•24 F-16C/D Block 50/52 Aircraft installed with either the F100-PW-229 or F110-GE-129 Increased Performance Engines (IPE) and APG-68(V)9 radars
•6 F100-PW-229 or F110-GE-129 IPE spare engines
•6 APG-68(V)9 spare radar sets
•60 LAU-129/A Common Rail Launchers;
•28 AN/APX-113 Advanced Identification Friend or Foe (AIFF) Systems without Mode IV
•28 M61 20mm Vulcan Cannons

Non-MDE Equipment

•28 AN/ALQ-211 Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Systems (AIDEWS); or Advanced Countermeasures Electronic Systems (ACES) which includes the AN/ALQ-187 Electronic Warfare System and the AN/ALR-93 Radar Warning Receiver
•28 AN/ARC-238 Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGAR) radios without HAVE QUICK I/II
•4 F-9120 Advanced Airborne Reconnaissance Systems or DB-110 Reconnaissance Pods
•28 Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Embedded GPS/Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) with Standard Positioning Service commercial code only
•12 AN/AAQ-33 SNIPER Advanced Targeting Pods or AN/AAQ-28LITENING Targeting Pods
•24 pairs of Conformal Fuel Tanks
•28 AN/ALE-47 Countermeasures Dispensing Systems

Egypt –F-16C/D Block 50/52 Aircraft | The Official Home of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency

 

[MICA]

forget the weapons just ride them with sidewinders . I am failed to understand how can be some stupid planner that buy 200 jests without single BVR

exactly it's almost as stupid as the Pakistani Block 52 deal with the GWOT agreement

 

[Imran Khan]

exactly it's almost as stupid as the Pakistani Block 52 deal with the GWOT agreement

lollllzzzzz i can understand the pain . do you guys waiting for Golan war type day to prove it ?these 220 useless f-16 will fall from sky like rocks in any case of war with Israel .again stupid planners better got 100 Russian birds fully loaded with arms then US toothless falcons .