그리스가 F-16 블럭 52+에 장착할 레이더 계약을 했네요. APG-68(V)9 33대에 6,400만 달러(1대=190만 달러)에 구매하는데, 30 대는 직접 장착하고 나머지 3대는 스페어인것 같군요. 예전보다는 조금 싸진듯 한데, 우리 KF-16 1차분 개량사업시 레이더를 교체할지 궁금하네요. 칠레에 2대의 F-16 블럭 50(+)을(를) 공급했다고 합니다. 총 10대를 공급할 예정이고 5.27억 달러(1대=5470만 달러)에 계약되었었네요. 가격이 매우 저렴한것으로 봐서는 옵션이나 무장을 낮은 수준으로 구매한것 같습니다. 도장이 깔끔해 보이네요. 1월 30일 터키에서 F-16 블럭 40 한대가 착륙전에 추락했네요. 조종사는 사출에 성공했습니다. " http://www.defense-aerospace.com/cgi-bin/client/modele.pl?session=dae.17216027.1138836066.Q@FCYsOa9dUAACx-PsA&modele=jdc_34 " Pentagon Contract Announcement       (Source: US Department of Defense; issued Jan. 31, 2006)       Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Linthicum Heights, Md., is being awarded a $63,937,000 firm fixed price contract.   This procurement of government furnished equipment for the Peace Xenia IV (Greece) Program for F-16 Block 52 aircraft.   The procurement of 33 AN/APG (V) 9 Radar Systems will be accomplished under the firm fixed price portion of the contract. At this time, $31,698,500 has been obligated. This work will be completed by March 2010.   The Headquarters Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8615-06-C-6048).   -ends-   " http://www.f-16.net/news_article1615.html " Chilean air force receives first two F-16 Peace Puma jets February 1, 2006 (by Lieven) - Chile received the first two of 10 F-16C block 50 Peace Puma aircraft from the U.S. on Tuesday, part of a major military upgrade that has worried some of its South American neighbors despite assurances that the country is only renewing obsolete equipment. Over the next 10 months, the Chilean air force will receive eight additional F-16 C and D model aircraft from the contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. The 10 aircraft sale, munitions and maintenance -- all part of the "Peace Puma" program -- is worth $547 million. The Air Force worked with the Chilean government, the Chilean air force and the defense contractor to broker the aircraft sale as the latest improvement in the long-term relationship between the two nations' air forces, said Bruce S. Lemkin, Air Force deputy undersecretary for international affairs. Included in the purchase are joint direct attack munitions, or JDAMs, AIM-9 heat-seeking missiles, and advanced medium range air-to-air missiles, or AMRAAMs. The Air Force will conduct F-16 flying training with Chilean pilots. In addition, "train-the-trainer" instruction will enable the Chileans to train their own pilots. The Air Force and contractor will also provide maintenance training, Mr. Lemkin said. The acquisition of the F-16s is part of a major military upgrade that has worried some of its South American neighbors despite assurances that the country is only renewing obsolete equipment. Chile ordered the planes after the United States ended a 20-year ban on the sale of high-tech weaponry in Latin America. The new F-16s were not yet equipped with the latest high-tech missiles, in keeping with a U.S. policy not to be the first to introduce new military technology to a region. President Ricardo Lagos insisted that Chile is not breaking the regional military balance as he spoke at a reception ceremony for the fighter planes at a military airport near Santiago. "What we are doing is just replacing material that has completed its useful life," Lagos said. The president noted that Chile has informed neighboring countries about all its purchases, which also include 18 more secondhand F-16s from the Dutch air force. Chile is the second South American country to purchase the F-16 after Venezuela. The purchases have been aided by booming copper prices as there is a law that gives the armed forces 10 percent of Chile's copper sales abroad. Chile is the world's largest copper exporter. Air Force Commander Gen. Osvaldo Sarabia said the F-16s, which will replace the force's French-made Mirages, will be stationed in the northern port city of Iquique " http://www.f-16.net/news_article1614.html " Turkish F-16 crashes shortly after take off, pilot safe January 30, 2006 (by Lieven) - An F-16 fighter of the Turkish Air Force crashed in the south eastern province of Diyarbakir shortly before landing, military authorities reported Monday. The pilot of the plane, who was on a training flight, parachuted to safety. TuAF F-16C block 40 #89-0031 is buzzing through the sky at Lechfeld AB on June 1st, 2005 during exercise 'Elite'. The plane, attached to the second Tactical Air Force, crashed at 14.43h, about four and a half kilometres from the runway, ending up in an uninhabited area near the village of Gonendi in Diyarbakir's Carikli Municipality. Turkish Air Forces attributed the crash to "technical reasons during landing