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Bahrain Wants Block 40 F-16s
Nov 23, 1997 - Bahrain finally decided to buy 8new Lockheed Martin Block 40 F-16 C/D aircraft, with an option for four more, rather than purchase 2nd-hand A/B models that were also offered by the US. The deal is subject to US release of some technology associated with the aircraft, and the request is currently under review. [Read more...]
18 USAF F-16s Arrive In Bahrain
Nov 20, 1997 - About eighteen F-16s and 400 airmen from Moody Air Force Base at Valdosta, Ga., have been ordered to Bahrain as part of the continued buildup of U.S. military forces in the Persian Gulf. The planes, part of Moody's 347th Wing, will be joined by aircraft-- including F-15 fighters and B-1 bombers -- from other bases to make up the 347th Expeditionary Wing. [Read more...]
Bahrain Looks to Acquire More F-16s
Nov 15, 1997 - Bahrain has told the United States it wants to buy 12 additionalF-16s. But the Gulf Arab state has not yet decided whether it will buy the planes new or used from U.S. Air Force stocks. In 1987 Bahrain bought 12 F-16s under the Peace Crown program. Now they have notified Congress that they want to buy 12 more -- either new or from inventory, similar to what Jordan did. Without weapons systems, an F-16 sells for about $30 million. [Read more...]
USAF Air Expeditionary Force Returns Home
Oct 28, 1997 - A US Air Force air expeditionary force, which included 20 F-15 andF-16 fighters that deployed to Bahrain last month to help police the no-fly zone over southern Iraq has returned to Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. [Read more...]
Shaw F-16s, people, join 4th Air Expeditionary Wing
Mar 17, 1997 - Six F-16 Falcons and 155 people from the 77th Fighter Squadron and 20th Fighter Wing joined the 4th Air Expeditionary Wing in Doha, Qatar. [Read more...]
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