PAF F-16 | Discussions

[studsmart]

It's over two decades old & they have money to buy newer, better.

UAEAF is not retiring BLK60/61 anytime soon. They will use it till it is ready for retirement.

 

[Hussain]

UAEAF is not retiring BLK60/61 anytime soon. They will use it till it is ready for retirement.

or no gora available for maintenance.....

 

[studsmart]

or no gora available for maintenance.....

They will always be there, and with Israel's relationship with the UAE at a new height, they have no shortage of maintenance crews. These FSola version is still super capable. UAEAF did not retire its Mirage 5 until it was all done and dusted; the same will apply to these F-16s. However, as part of the Rafale deal, France will buy back the Mirage 2000. But that is a different deal altogether, and IMHO the Mirage 2000-9 is no F16 Blk60/61. If anything it is roughly equivalent to JF17 Blk2 or inferior by a small margin.