araz
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Although you are quite right about the fact that those embargo 28 F-16s were really pushed to their structural limits and even after the over haul their life won't be like the new ones. As we have heard that U.S have gave back us the money of those 28 F-16s in terms of Palm Oil, so it would be a great idea to go for the 50-70 J-10/J-10S instead of older 28 F-16s and even the most criticized 18 F-16 Block-52s and more over they can order more like another 50-70 J-10B/J-10BS. Although I agree on the upgrade of the current fleet we should be of 31 F-16A/B Block-15, they can upgrade 10 in U.S and the rest 21 F-16s in Turkey. Think over!
Just a slight correction. The 14 F16s that PAF has already received were not used or used sparingly and therefore a good thing to get. As to the other 14 they are in the aggressor unit of US navy and these have probably been excessively used and abused.PAF therefore is not willing to receive them as well as US navy not willing to discharge them. So we have status quop on these 14 for which US is trying to find alternatives.
Araz