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Turkey: the F-16s' fleet update begins

Ankara, Turkey - A formal request to the United States in order to strengthen the operative capabilities within NATO and against terrorism

Turkish Government would have asked the United States for being enabled to resort to a significant update for its Turkis Air Force's F-16s fleet. The total value of the orders would consist of almost USD 4bn and it would deal in particular with helmet-goggles vision systems, the new AN/APG-68 radars, and air-to-air/air-to-surface weapon systems of various types. Among these ones there would be in particular...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 105075
Rome, Italy, 10/12/2004 14:40
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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