Key Points and Summary - USAF leaders floated an “F-16 Block 80” as a faster, cheaper way to bolster a shrinking fighter force. -The concept would build on export-only Block 70/72 jets—much like ...

Key Points - The US Air Force is reportedly considering a new, highly advanced "F-16 Block 80" variant, a concept raised by Senator Tom Cotton to USAF Chief General David Allvin on May 20th. -This ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria received on Wednesday the first of 16 new F-16 military jets from the United States that the Balkan country needs to upgrade its defense and bring its air force in line ...

WATERFOWL. TODAY, BULGARIAN DEFENSE LEADERS WERE IN THE UPSTATE TO TAKE DELIVERY OF THE COUNTRY’S FIRST F-16 BLOCK 70 FIGHTER JET. MILITARY OFFICIALS SAY IT DEEPENS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE U.S.

Few days after U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the Philippines, Washington cleared the sale of 20 F-16s to the country. The U.S. State Department has approved the Foreign Military Sale ...

The first two F-16 Block 70s now officially delivered are expected to arrive in Bulgaria between late March to early April 2025. The delivery of the first batch will be completed this year, followed ...

Lockheed Martin delivered the first of 16 F-16 Block 70 fighter jets to the Bulgarian Air Force. The aircraft were built in Lockheed Martin's Greenville, South Carolina facility. The F-16 Block 70 is ...

Lockheed Martin has delivered its first F-16 Block 70 fighter to new customer nation Bulgaria. Handed over during a ceremony at the airframer’s Greenville production site in South Carolina on 31 ...

Lockheed Martin has handed over Taiwan’s first F-16 Block 70 fighter at a ceremony in Greenville, South Carolina. Social media posts dated 29 March show Lockheed officials, including company ...