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These purchases, driven by bargain prices, are likely to be simultaneous to the acquisition of old and new F-16s from the US.

Poland does best: Barack Obama will announce the stationing of a squadron of F-16s there when he visits Warsaw on May 27th.

American F-16s have killed most of the Taleban who brought down the Chinook, the new commander of Nato and US forces in Afghanistan said.

But this would require the F-16s to survive a Chinese missile barrage aimed at Taiwan's airfields and then get into the air.

At the time, China had nothing comparable to the early model F-16s Pakistan already had.

If Pakistan scrambled F-16s to investigate, the U. S. knew how long it would take the planes to reach the area, officials said.

Their oldest son flies F-16s for the Air Force, but their daughter has struggled with alcoholism.

The visit comes with Washington expected to announce its decision soon on the sale of new F-16s to the island.

The system can also equip other aircraft and is currently being produced for F-16s as well as C-130s.

The pilots of US F-16s used precise co-ordinates to target bombs at the snipers without killing or injuring civilians.

America angered China by announcing that it will upgrade Taiwan's existing fleet of F-16 fighter jets, though it will not sell new F-16s.

But Mr Wilder says the Obama team is not engaging in "serious deliberations" on F-16s at present.

U. S. Air Force F-16s and F-22s have deployed to the United Arab Emirates, the service announced Sunday.

Congressional support for the sale of more advanced F-16s has been strong, however.

Soon after, the Reagan administration was shipping F-16s to Pakistan.

Refitting the old F-16s is a token gesture, and China knows it.

It involved dozens of warplanes, including F-15s, F-16s and aerial refueling tankers.

Today the backbone of its combat force is American F-15s and F-16s.

But even weapons systems the United States has given the Egyptian army, such as F-16s and M1A1 tanks, are underutilized.

The F-16s, which the US sold to Taiwan in 1992, will be upgraded with new radar and weapons systems.

Mr Burbage rejects the assumption that the F-35 will cost a third more to sustain than the F-16s and F-18s it is replacing.

South Korea has those little military necessities the North lacks, such as food, fuel and F-16s.

The notification sets in motion a deal worth a potential $5. 3 billion to upgrade 145 Taiwanese F-16s.

Production of the APG-68 will continue throughout the next ten years, driven by production of F-16s.

Taiwan wants to upgrade its 146 F-16A Block 20 fighters, which are some of the oldest F-16s still in service.