First Two F-16 Block 70 fighter jets Officially Delivered to Slovakia
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- Опубліковано 29 лют 2024
- In a ceremony at Lockheed Martin's Greenville facility, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic, Robert Kaliňák, along with delegates from the United States and Slovakia, commemorated the delivery of Slovakia's first two F-16 Block 70 aircraft. This event marks a new era in European air defence, underscoring the deepening partnership between the two allied nations. F-16 Block 70 fighter jets will help the Slovak Republic to once again ensure the protection of its airspace with its own capacities.
The two aircraft, a single-seat C-model and a two-seat D-model, will remain in Greenville for maintenance training. This training is crucial for Slovak Air Force personnel to ensure the smooth integration and effective operation of the F-16 fleet. More jets are slated for completion by 2025, with the first group of aircraft anticipated to arrive in Slovakia by mid-2024.
OJ Sanchez, vice president and general manager of the Integrated Fighter Group at Lockheed Martin, emphasized the milestone’s strategic importance: “Slovakia is at the forefront of adopting Europe’s most advanced 4th generation fighter, the F-16 Block 70. These jets not only represent a stronger alliance between Slovakia, the United States, and NATO allies but also equip the Slovak Air Force with advanced capabilities to face 21st Century Security challenges.”
The F-16 Block 70 jets are equipped with the Northrop Grumman APG-83 AESA Radar, advanced avionics, an extended structural service life of 12,000 hours, and critical safety features like the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto GCAS). Since its integration into the U.S. Air Force in late 2014, the Auto GCAS has been instrumental in saving 13 pilots across 12 F-16 incidents, exemplifying the aircraft’s unparalleled safety and performance standards.
Lockheed Martin has a backlog of 133 F-16 Block 70/72 jets to be produced in Greenville, with seven total jets delivered to-date for international partners. - Наука та технологія
Its not the plane. Its the pilot.
It’s not the gun. It’s the man behind the gun.
lets hope slovakia wont let russia examine it
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Why no CFTs? 🤔
I wouldn't call it the most advanced Europe's 4th generation fighter
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Good product to be used but still waters are untested
Why on earth would the present Slovakia regime accept an American jet when they are so against everything Nato and the USA stands for.
Its only looks like that "regime" IS against to everything.
we are not against the USA or NATO, it's just that our stupid government pretends to be like that, but in reality it is not
The prime minister is only bullshitting and brainwahsing people about ukraine war and that we spend so much money on it and bla bla bla so he can stay in power, but behind the curtains and even when sitting with ukraine leaders he says he is with nato and union, also he says he wont send more of our state owned ammunition to ukraine but on the other hand private manufacturers which he is connected to still sell the ammo, he is just basically running a big scam, the country is very devided right now with big cities and capital voting for west liberal parties and the rest for more national oriented side, also the guy who bought these jets and met trump in 2019 is in his coalition, in their deep mind they are with west and nato but to stay in power and not get locked for frauds they need to bullshit people here is your answer, and keep in mind only 22% voted for these fuckers the majority of the country is not behind them
NATO
Bad choice, I feel sorry for the taxpayers of Slovakia 😞
why? compare it to Tofu jets of commmunisttt chayna HAHAhHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
True just waste of money this is still a old plane
at the time they were ordered, the F 35 was unaffordable for Slovakia