PAF F16-Blk70 possibly coming - TO BE CONFIRMED

[aliyusuf]

Currently best western bird with possible KSA financing is EFT

Are you aware of any development of Pakistan going for these birds?

 

[Benign Persona]

Until we receive further news in this regard. Its time to move on as the topic has digressed beyond its scope.

sir we already got further information in post #2936

 

[NA71]

Now when you come to think of it Mastan Khan was right. Right now we have only 22 block-52 out of 76 remaining are block-15s which we dont how they will stand in a full fledged war. If we would have gone with J-10 in Musharraf's era, we would now have had 76 J-10 armed with AESA,HMDs and BVRAAAM. Instead we are now here praying that US will release CSF and we might get more F-16s.

This is crux of this thread.....we are moving in circle with high hopes for F16s....already wasted too much time....

 

[Hamza913]

As predicted, this went nowhere.

 

[Jammer]

Good grief! Why is this thread still open?

 

[Basel]

Are you aware of any development of Pakistan going for these birds?

PAF was certainly interested in EFTs but all comes to money, with EFT PAF can get avionics and engine package for JFT block-4 which F-16s don't come with.

 

[Viper27]

PAF was certainly interested in EFTs but all comes to money, with EFT PAF can get avionics and engine package for JFT block-4 which F-16s don't come with.

PAF made people believe it was interested. It was actually evaluating those jets to see what features could be replicated in the JF-17. Shahid Latif in a recent Youtube interview explained how PAF had been able to get it’s hands on the likes of Gripen and Eurofighter by making them believe we were going to purchase the jets when in fact we were testing them to give our guys at Kamra & Chengdu some idea about the kind of technology needed for the JF-17.

 

[loanranger]

PAF made people believe it was interested. It was actually evaluating those jets to see what features could be replicated in the JF-17. Shahid Latif in a recent Youtube interview explained how PAF had been able to get it’s hands on the likes of Gripen and Eurofighter by making them believe we were going to purchase the jets when in fact we were testing them to give our guys at Kamra & Chengdu some idea about the kind of technology needed for the JF-17.

Guess what we won't be making them believe ever again.

 

[Trailer23]

I said a few days ago that if we don't get 50+ block-70/72 by end of 2020 we should move to J-10.

Bro, its a Fighter Jet, not a Soda Factory!

There are already confirmed Customers who are awaiting those F-16's and most are under 20 in number per nation - some only 8. & they too will be receiving delivery upto 2022-23.

Most common response heard is "We don't have the funds". Lets say we did..., I'm certain Lockheed Martin would not of been able to drop 50+ at our doorstep like DHL.

J-10P is last option for Pakistan, LM want to make F-16 wing in India since 2020 which means good bye F-16s in long run for Pakistan.

They're just gonna build the Wings. Not assemble the entire jet.

Japan builds wings for the B787 (Dreamliner). But they are shipped across the Pacific to Seattle, WA. The Dreamliner still carries the label 'Made in USA' & even if Japan doesn't like it, its still sold to China.

 

[The Eagle]

Shahid Latif

In-fact he did a lot for JF-17 program but the way such kind of bravado is being made public on TV/Interviews, somebody should have taken him to the task for jeopardizing too much for the future. The next time, most of the parties wouldn't even allow for a nearby walk. It wasn't hard to say in different words but then again, few of the heads gets too much over their senses, to their credit.

 

[StormBreaker]

Pakistan Air Force (PAF) is all set to upgrade its F-16 program with technical assistance and possibly 36 advanced fighter jets from the United States.

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. has won a fixed-price $9.1 million contract for technical security team support services for Pakistan’s F-16 program, according to the United States Department of Defense. On the official website, it wrote:

“Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., McLean, Virginia, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $9,111,111 predominantly firm-fixed-price undefinitized contract to provide technical security team support services in support of the Pakistan F-16 program.”


According to the details, the deadline for the project is set as 18 June 2020 and all the work will be done in Pakistan.

“This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Foreign military sales funds of $4,464,444 are being obligated at the time of the award”, states the Defense Department’s contracts list for 16 December 2019.

Billions have already been spent on Pakistan’s top of the line fighters ever since the induction of Block 15 F-16A/B configuration in PAF in 1982.

Pakistan had bought a $5.1 billion Military Sales Package from the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) in 2006, however, the deal didn’t go through completely due to the 2005 Earthquake, however, it is now going through with Pakistan set to get 36 F-16C/D Block 50/52 with modern APG-68(V)9 radars.

The package for new F-16s includes:

• 7 spare F100-PW-229 EEP engines
• 7 spare APG-68(V)9 radar sets
• 36 Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS)
• 36 AN/ARC-238 SINCGARS radios with HAVE QUICK I/II
• 36 Conformal Fuel Tanks
• 36 Link-16 Multifunctional Information Distribution System-Low Volume Terminals
• 36 GPS and Embedded GPS/Inertial Navigation Systems
• 36 APX-113 Advanced Identification Friend or Foe Systems
• 36 Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suites: ALQ-211 AIDEW without Digital Radio Frequency Memory (picked); or AN/ALQ-184 Electronic Counter Measures pod without DRFM; or AN/ALQ-131 Electronic Counter Measures pod without DRFM; or AN/ALQ-187 Advanced Self-Protection Integrated Suites without DRFM; or AN/ALQ-178 Self-Protection Electronic Warfare Suites without DRFM.
• 1 Unit Level Trainer

In addition, associated support equipment will also be a part of the deal. A $650 million deal for advanced weaponry for new F-16s will also take place and it will include: 500 AIM-120C5 AMRAAM, 12 AMRAAM training missile, 200 AIM-9M-8/9 Sidewinder Short-Range Air-Air Missiles, 240 LAU-129/A Launchers, 500 GBU-31/38 Guided Bomb Unit (GBU) kits, 600 Enhanced Paveway GBU-12 and GBU-24s, 800 MK-82 500 pound and MK-84 2,000 pound GP bombs and 700 BLU-109 2,000-pound bunker-buster.

Pakistan has also expressed its desire to purchase the Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) Program equipment for PAF’s F-16A/B fighter aircraft for $1.3 billion whereas another $151 million will be spent on F-16 A/B Engine Modifications and Falcon UP/STAR Structural Upgrades.


SOURCE : https://propakistani.pk/2019/12/18/pakistan-to-get-36-latest-f-16-jets-upgrade-old-f-16s/

https://www.defenseindustrydaily.co...es-upgrades-weapons-for-pakistans-f16s-02396/

 

[StormBreaker]

@aliyusuf @MastanKhan @Windjammer @HRK @Signalian @The Eagle @Khafee @Hodor @kursed @Starlord @Mangus Ortus Novem @Deino @Hakikat ve Hikmet

I have some doubts here. Isn’t 50/52 production closed and succeeded by 70/72 ?

 

[Myth_buster_1]

Move along nothing to see here.

 

[Mangus Ortus Novem]

@aliyusuf @MastanKhan @Windjammer @HRK @Signalian @The Eagle @Khafee @Hodor @kursed @Starlord @Mangus Ortus Novem @Deino @Hakikat ve Hikmet

I have some doubts here. Isn’t 50/52 production closed and succeeded by 70/72 ?

Looks like KhafeeLeaks coming true!

 

[StormBreaker]

Looks like KhafeeLeaks coming true!

If Leak 1 comes true then Leak2