The first of the nation’s 66 F-16 Block 70 jets is soon to roll off the Lockheed-Martin production line in the US, with Taiwan intending to send deputy minister-level officials to attend the event ...

In the realm of modern aerial warfare, the Saab Gripen E/F and Lockheed Martin’s F-16 Block 70/72 stand out as prominent 4.5-generation multirole fighters. Both aircraft have been developed to meet ...

By December 2023, the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center confirmed the successful completion of the upgrade process for Taiwan’s fleet of 139 F-16 Block 15 jets to the Block 70 Viper standard ...

On its Block 70/72 fighter jet delivery target ... In January the company delivered its 30 th upgraded F-16 Viper to Greece, a milestone in the country’s US$997 million ongoing programme to upgrade ...

U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held their first call since Trump’s January 2025 ...

The talks on the modernization of 38 F-16 Block 50 jets to the latest Viper configuration started earlier this week in Athens and are taking place between representatives of the company and senior ...

Cairo: China has dealt a heavy blow to India’s friendly country Egypt as it has refused to sell J-10 fighter jets to Egypt. Earlier, there were reports that China had finalized the sale of J-10C ...

The RTAF’s decision to obtain 12 Gripen E/Fs, first signalled in August 2024, followed a long campaign between the type and the Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70/72. In addition to the fighters ...

After 42 years of service, the 56th Fighter Wing conducted its final flight of the F-16, Block 42 “Viper,” at Luke Air Force Base on February 26, 2025. The pilot in command (PIC) of the historic ...

Second, the newly built F-16 block 70 jets have just rolled off Lockheed-Martin’s production lines and are undergoing ground tests, with the first jets expected to be flown back to Taiwan next year.