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29 November 2001
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Chilean authorities reject Peruvian Defense Minister's offer on F-16s
Yesterday, Peruvian Defense Minister David Waisman affirmed that he will "give away" the state-of-the-art Russian missiles that his country's Air Force has, if Chile will decide to abort the purchase of F-16s....
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29 November 2001
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Lockheed Martin demonstrates F-16 four-ship training system
Lockheed Martin Training is demonstrating its four-ship F-16 Training System at the Interservice/Industry Training Simulation and Education Conference in Orlando this week. F-16 pilots will fly multiple types of missions through a visual database that displays imagery at up to one-half meter resolution....
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29 November 2001
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Officials say current US situation will not affect Chile's F-16 purchase
The US military deployment following the attacks on New Your and Washington will not affect the purchase of 10 Lockheed F-16 combat airplanes by the Chilean Air Force (FACh). ...
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17 November 2001
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French launch last bid for Turkish F-16 EW
France has launched a last-minute bid to retain a $190 million project to install electronic warfare systems in Turkey's F-16 fleet.
The Turkish military ordered the cancellation of the initial award for the EW contract to the Paris-based Thales because of U.S. objections. The Pentagon had banned the transfer of software source codes to allow Thales to install its Fast 16 electronic warfare system in some 80 F-16 multi-role jets....
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11 November 2001
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US not to release F-16s to Pakistan
The United States is not considering releasing F-16s to Islamabad despite President Pervez Musharraf had asked to do so, a senior US administration official said on Saturday.
"It is highly unlikely they will ask, and it's not under consideration," the senior US official, who requested anonymity, told reporters hours before Bush and Musharraf were to meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly here.-AFP ...
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10 November 2001
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President wants US to release F-16 aircraft
President Pervez Musharraf said in New York on Friday that he would seek concrete "gestures" from the United States, including release of F-16 fighters to demonstrate its appreciation of Pakistan support in the US campaign against terrorism. ...
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09 November 2001
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Misawa F-16 drops tanks, training missiles on farm
A U.S. Air Force F-16 pilot intentionally dropped an unarmed missile and two fuel tanks into a farmer's field Thursday after reporting a problem with his aircraft. The incident happened around 1400h. ...
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