{"id":1460,"date":"2016-09-27T08:39:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T08:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europavarietas.org\/csdp_new\/?p=1460"},"modified":"2023-09-05T09:29:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T09:29:43","slug":"the-first-six-f-16-from-portugal-will-arrive-in-romania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europavarietas.org\/csdp_new\/index.php\/2016\/09\/27\/the-first-six-f-16-from-portugal-will-arrive-in-romania\/","title":{"rendered":"The first six F-16 from Portugal will arrive in Romania"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1460\" class=\"elementor elementor-1460\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2dcd560 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2dcd560\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31c6cac\" data-id=\"31c6cac\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4604ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4604ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The first six upgraded F16 aircraft will arrive in Romania over from Portugal on Wednesday, September 28. The aircraft have been upgraded, have new engines and were painted in several shades of gray.<\/p><p>The F-16s have had their engines changed and went through a process of modernization, called mid-life upgrade \u2013 improvements at the mid-cycle of operations.\u00a0<br \/>The Romanian pilots that will operate the F-16s were trained by the Portuguese specialists. After two years of training at the basis of Monte Real, our air forces have nine F-16 pilots and 80 engineers and technicians who will handle the maintenance of these aircraft.<\/p><p>Three years ago, Romania decided to buy twelve F-16 aircraft from the Portuguese Air Forces to replace part of its fleet of Russian built MiG-21 Lancer fighter aircraft. The initial intent was to buy 24 airplanes, but the final decision was for 12, for budgetary reasons. Beside the F16, offers were made by companies producing the JAS-39 Gripen and the Eurofighter Typhoon, the offers being for new aircraft. Furthermore, the offer for French Dassault Rafale planes was analyzed.<\/p><p>The aircraft package includes nine upgraded Portuguese Air Force F-16MLU aircraft, and three former US Air Force aircraft supplied to Portugal for the resale under the US Excess Defense Article program. The Portuguese military procurement agency DGAIED will buy those latter three F-16s and have the Portuguese Air Force upgrade them to the F-16 Mid Life Update (MLU) standard with assistance of OGMA-Ind\u00fastria Aeron\u00e1utica de Portugal prior transfer to Romania.<\/p><p>The price for the 12 F16 aircraft was set at 628 million euro, the planes going on to be stationed at the air bases in Fetesti and Campia Turzii, two airbases especially modernized for this type of aircraft.<\/p><p>However, experts say that Romania needs 48 multirole aircraft, meaning four squadrons. 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