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7 Jun 1981
First F-16 combat use, in Israel's raid on a Iraqi nuclear reactor (Osirak)
4 pattern MLU a/c at Hill AFB to be returned by Q-1-2012.
6 a/c delivered to TAI for MLU. the whole process / upgrade to take 42 months to complete the 44 upgrades.
thank for the update sir,
one more thing.
as far as i know, the MLU and the turkish STAR upgrade projects were entirely different.
now as you suggest, it seems that the STAR project is gone and turkey have got the order to MLU PAF F-16 with US Supplied kits.
my point is, is the STAR upgarde program intact and will be carried out after MLU or is it cancled.
Also what it was supposed to cover?
Looking forward for your reply.
Arsalan Aslam
New Recruit
The Falcon Up/Falcon STAR upgrade program is to enhance the airframe life. As far as I know it is part of the MLU beibng carried out in Turkey.
BTW
"With the recent acquisitions of F-16s, Lockheed Martin plans to sustain production on the F-16 line at Ft. Worth beyond 2010. Major upgrades for all F-16 versions are being incorporated to keep the fleet modern and fully supportable over the aircraft’s long service life. As all F-16 blocks, recent production blocks of the F-16 such as Block 50, 52 and 60 are also designed, from the ground up, with enough growth potential in weight growth, cabling, data connectivity and capacity, electrical power, and physical space, to enable growth throughout a life span of 40 years and beyond. Utilization of standard interfaces such as 1760, 1553 and the new FiberChannel five channels, Gigabit rate databus, enable rapid interfacing and data sharing throughout the aircraft systems. In addition to the production programs, Lockheed Martin has incorporated a "roadmap of convergence" for F-16 upgrades and production aircraft, consisting of an integrated plan that will result in maximum commonality throughout the fleet."
yes the STAR upgards were planned with Turkey and now with Turkey winning a contract for MLU of PAF F-16 with US supplierd kit, there is ever possibility that STAR upgradation is being carrined out along with.
it requires a well informed person from PAF to update on this!
Arsalan Aslam