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PeaceKrieger424

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zyklon said:
This is both a frustrating, yet entertaining story.

If I'm reading you and the
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correctly, the US still owes Pakistan some of the funds that had been deposited for undelivered F-16 fighters.

If that is the case, any idea why the issue wasn't resolved in the years following 9/11 when Washington needed Islamabad to sustain military operations in Afghanistan?

That should've been a good time for Pakistan to resolve such a dispute in its favor.
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The above mentioned artile is dated AUGUST 2001. Pre 9/11 story. All the guys going on about "14 soya beans F-16s" is entertaining to read.

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After the attacks on 9/11 the Pakistani government became a major US ally in the war on terror. It was decided to redeliver those aircraft to Pakistan. Untill now, only half of them has been redelivered, with the remainder still to follow.
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One of the Pakistan AF F-16s stored at Davis-Monthan AFB. This particular airframe was selected for closer inspection by the RNZAF while considering purchasing the PAF F-16s [RNZAF photo]

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On March 25th, 2005, the US Government announced that it had agreed to Pakistan's request to sell new F-16s. Initially, Pakistan has requested an additional 24 new Block 50/52 F-16C/Ds (with option for as much as 55 aircraft). Not much details are known at this moment about a possible sale of the aircraft to Pakistan. The deal is expected to be concluded by September or October of 2005. As part of the package, it was also agreed that the current fleet of older A/B models would get the
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update.


As a sign of good gesture, the US agreed to supply Pakistan with a number of F-16s who where build under the Peace Gate III/IV programs.


Finally, after long series of negotiations, on September 30th, 2006 the contract was signed between the Pakistani and US government for the acquisition of 18 new F-16C/D
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aircraft and an option for another 18 more. In the deal the re-delivery of the 26 remaining Peace Gate III/IV aircraft was also agreed and the upgrade of those aircraft - and the remaining F-16A/B fleet - to MLU standards.


This order was granted and given a new FMS name at Pakistan's request. Albeit it already had the Peace Gate program, the PAF decided to choose another name since Peace Gate had too much negative commotion since the embargo of the last batch of aircraft.


Second hand purchase​


In late 2013 it became apparent that Pakistan was to acquire a batch of second-hand Jordanian F-16s. Program details have these to be 12 A-models and 1 B-model. Supposedly they are 'standard' models without the MLU upgrade. Although this seems to be unlikely since
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doesn't have that quantity of non-MLU F-16s in their inventory any longer and it would also seems strange since Pakistan is updating its older airframes with the MLU upgrade package, adding another non-standard airframe to the inventory. Time will tell which airframes are included in this deal and in which form (MLU or non-MLU) they are delivered.


When deliveries started in May of 2014 is was obvious that the order compromised the Jordanian airframes of the Peace Falcon I order. Three of those crashed over the years with 13 of them remaining. Although only one B-models was announced with the first delivery already 2 were on the tarmac and the other 2 followed soon. So now it is obvious that the order compromised 9 A-models and 4 B-models in the
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version. These airframes haven't been upgraded to MLU standard. With Pakistan upgrading all its older A/B models to the MLU standard it would seem obvious that these airframes will also be upgraded accordingly. The future will tell us whether this will come to fruition.
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POINT: No outstanding F-16s to be claimed by Pakistan/PAF
 
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Chinese Chief of Staff (PLAAF) commends PAF’s ‘exemplary performance’ during Pak-India conflict

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1942874272801935402

Chinese air force Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Wang Gang has lauded the “exemplary performance” of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) during the Pakistan-India conflict in May.During the meeting today, Lt Gen Gang also expressed “deep appreciation for the high state of operational readiness and the cutting-edge capabilities” of the PAF, according to ISPR.

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