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October 19, 2017Greece Wants F-16V
The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Greece for an upgrade of F-16 aircraft to an F-16 Block V configuration. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on October 16, 2017.
The Government of Greece has requested a possible purchase of an upgrade of its existing F-16 fleet to an F-16 Block V configuration. Greece currently employs a mix of F-16s in Block 30, Block 50, Block 52+, and Block 52+ Advanced configurations.
The request also includes 125 APG-83 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radars, 123 Modular Mission Computers (MMCs); 123 LINK-16 Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio Systems (MIDS-JTRS), one F-16V Simulator and upgrades for two existing simulators. The total estimated program cost is $2.404 billion.