Romanian F 16

All 17 jets will be getting the m6xr.

Romanian f 16. It also intends to purchase 36 more such aircraft in the future from other nato countries like the us and greece but also israel is an option. Ultimately american f 16 jets are to fully replace obsolete mig 21. Today 48 of these mig 21 lancers are operational. Both governments negotiated the deal and in january of 2020 a deal was signed for a total of 5 airframes albeit all of them being a models to complement the existing fleet to a total of 17 airframes.

In total romania will have seventeen aircraft of this kind. Iar 330 puma socat helicopters have been modernized by the romanian. Romanian ministry of defence decided to buy another five f 16 fighting aircraft. The romanian air force has taken delivery of two more f 16 fighters from portugal.

This is the third and fourth aircraft from a batch of five jets bought from portugal. Once all aircraft are in the country. The last aircraft is expected to be delivered next year. Romania now plans to buy five more f 16 fighter jets from portugal four single seaters and one dual seater by the end of this year.

Similarly as with the previous purchases this concerns second hand units from portugal. The romanian air force modernized 110 mig 21 lancers in cooperation with israel between 1993 and 2002. The romanian air force also operates c 130 hercules c 27j spartan an 26s transport planes and iar 330 puma helicopters. Romanian f 16 at the 86th fetești air force base.

At first 4 a models and 1 b model was reported.