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No body is saying they will....plz read through the thread....
What about Greek F-16 jets to Pakistan?
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Guys
Please understand a few things about plane sales to other countries. No fighter jet can be sold on to another country without the express permisssion of the provider(USA). Now discussion of whether Greece will reduce its fleet aside, first lets consider a few things.
A) In the current climate why would the US want us to have any fighters?
B) Do we have the finances for it and where will the money come from. It would be useless buying just 2 -4 ACs. Secondly the price of F16s Bl52s would be much higher than the 20 million that you have floated.
C)Which blocks would the Greeks want to off load? They currently have the following blocks.Why would they off load their latest, and not the earlier blocks.
Greek F-16 Fleet
F-16C Block 30 - 28
F-16D Block 30 - 4
F-16C Block 50 - 31
F-16D Block 50 - 8
F-16C Block 52+ - 37
F-16D Block 52+ - 19
F-16C Block 52+ - 20
F-16D Block 52+ - 10
Barring the Bl 52s we dont have any other blocks so there would be issues with maintenance of the inventory. So if you want to dream on, please feel free to do so but as a possible solution to PAFs problems it is impractical and wont happen.
Araz
Please understand a few things about plane sales to other countries. No fighter jet can be sold on to another country without the express permisssion of the provider(USA). Now discussion of whether Greece will reduce its fleet aside, first lets consider a few things.
A) In the current climate why would the US want us to have any fighters?
B) Do we have the finances for it and where will the money come from. It would be useless buying just 2 -4 ACs. Secondly the price of F16s Bl52s would be much higher than the 20 million that you have floated.
C)Which blocks would the Greeks want to off load? They currently have the following blocks.Why would they off load their latest, and not the earlier blocks.
Greek F-16 Fleet
F-16C Block 30 - 28
F-16D Block 30 - 4
F-16C Block 50 - 31
F-16D Block 50 - 8
F-16C Block 52+ - 37
F-16D Block 52+ - 19
F-16C Block 52+ - 20
F-16D Block 52+ - 10
Barring the Bl 52s we dont have any other blocks so there would be issues with maintenance of the inventory. So if you want to dream on, please feel free to do so but as a possible solution to PAFs problems it is impractical and wont happen.
Araz
