Fighter Jet News

F-16 Fighting Falcon News

Romania's last F-16 delivered

March 25, 2021 (by Bjorn Claes) - Today the last Romanian F-16 under the Peace Carpathian II program was delivered. F-16A #1615 left Monte Real AB in the early morning to make a stop-over at Aviano AB for its final destination at Feteşti AB.

This is one of the aiframes delivered under the Peace Carpathian I order.

Back in 2013 the Romanian government signed a contract with its Portuguese counterpart for the delivery of 12 F-16s, compromising 9 single-seaters and 3 dual-seaters. Deliveries of those was accomplished between October of 2016 and September of 2017. This order became known under the Peace Carpathian I order.

In 2019 a 'mini-deal', known as Peace Carpathian II, was signed between the same parties for the delivery of another 5 airframes, all compromising single-seat airframes. Deliveries were made in August and October of 2020 with the final one now in March of 2021.

Romanian country overview
Romanian unit overview
Romanian aircraft overview


Additional images:

FAR F-16BM #1611 is coming in for landing at Aviano AB on December 15th, 2016 en route for delivery to Romania. [Photo by Daniele Faccioli]

FAR F-16AM #1614 destined for Esc. 53 is touching down on the runway at Feteşti AB right after delivery on August 14th, 2020. [Photo by Adrian Sultănoiu]

FAR F-16AM #1616 destined for Esc. 53 is touching down on the runway at Feteşti AB right after delivery on August 14th, 2020. [Photo by Adrian Sultănoiu]
Related articles:
Forum discussion:
Tags