raameagle wrote:They are Egyptian, not Iraqi.
Regards
Nice, I was already wondering why the serials differ so much from the Iraqi duals....
Thanks, my first Egyptian F-16's.... (did not even know they where delivering them).....
They have been "stored" for quite some time due to the situation in Egypt. Most of these airframes had their first flight in 2013 or 2014.
I logged the following July 11.
9759 under sun shelter in between the first and second hangar.
9756 hangared no markings.
9758 hangared Egyptian flag in process of being painted over.
9760 hangared Egyptian flag.
9762 hangared no markings.
9764 hangared Egyptian flag in process of being painted over.
With the unmarking of the jest one can only assume delivery is imminent.
F-16V Takes Flight
First F-16V with advanced AESA radar takes to the skies over Fort Worth
FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Lockheed Martin successfully completed the maiden flight of the F-16V, the latest and most advanced F-16 on the market today. The October 16 flight marks the first time an F-16 has flown with Northrop Grumman's advanced AN/APG-83 Active Electronically-Scanned Array (AESA) Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR), which will deliver a quantum leap in capability for the venerable F-16.
The F-16V "Viper" advanced avionics configuration also includes a new cockpit Center Pedestal Display, a modernized mission computer, a high-capacity Ethernet data bus, and several other missions systems enhancements that collectively add significant combat capabilities to address the dynamic threat environments emerging in the coming decades.
"This flight marks a historic milestone in the evolution of the F-16," said Rod McLean, vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin's F-16/F-22 Integrated Fighter Group. "The new F-16V configuration includes numerous enhancements designed to keep the F-16 at the forefront of international security, strengthening its position as the world's foremost combat-proven 4th-Generation fighter aircraft."
The F-16V, an option for both new production F-16s and F-16 upgrades, is the next-generation configuration that leverages a common worldwide sustainment infrastructure and provides significant capability improvements to the world's most affordable, combat-proven multi-role fighter.
Northrop Grumman's AN/APG-83 SABR AESA fire control radar provides 5th-Generation air-to-air and air-to-ground radar capability. Northrop Grumman also provides AESA radars for the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II.
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