{"id":1683,"date":"2015-10-15T15:09:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T15:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europavarietas.org\/csdp_new\/?p=1683"},"modified":"2023-09-05T15:10:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T15:10:05","slug":"romania-buy-12-f-16am-bm-aircraft-from-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europavarietas.org\/csdp_new\/index.php\/2015\/10\/15\/romania-buy-12-f-16am-bm-aircraft-from-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"Romania buy 12 F-16AM\/BM aircraft from Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1683\" class=\"elementor elementor-1683\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8236002 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8236002\" 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-e642b47\" data-id=\"e642b47\" 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-a8106af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8106af\" 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>In October 2013, Romania bought 12 second-hand F-16AM\/BM aircraft from Portugal to replace part of its fleet of Russian built MiG-21 Lancer fighter aircraft. Romania was rumored to have paid about 638 million EUR with 120 million EUR for the acquisition of the planes. The contract also included modifications and upgrades performed by Lockheed Martin; additional engines; logistics support; and the training of 9 Romanian pilots and 69 maintenance technicians.\u00a0<\/p><p>Romania is currently working on modernizing the Fetesti 86 military base which will be host to Romania\u2019s first F-16s. Those are scheduled to arrive in 2016. 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