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Israel grounds some F-16 fighters over cancer fears JERUSALEM, March 21, (Reuters) - The Israeli air force said on Friday it was suspending training flights using U.S. made F-16I fighter jets after finding a suspected cancer-causing substance in the cockpit. Israel informed Lockheed Martin Corp, the U.S. defence contractor that manufactures the F-16, that formaldehyde residues were leaking into the cockpit, the military said in a statement. (Posted @ 16:35 PST)
 
pakistan should have opted for f-16 a/b with fairly quick deliveries and then have mlu on them through turks. us will never handover block 52 with latest weapons and avionics agreed once the recent democratic govt stops them from operations in wazirstan and democrats takeover in us
 
All i have to say is that after looking at facts and reality we are in a deep whole hence > the f-16 issue really worries me alot with no US support nor any other nation other then China !! but i think for the time being we should be all right if we play our cards right! :pakistan::what:
 
Changing our Foreign Policy at this time is not a piece of Cake the Democratic Setup can eat!

my read is that the new govt is sending mixed signals! its not going to be easy to reverse the foreign policy 180
 
Before this government came to power US officials used to come to Pakistan, stay four or five hours tell Musharaf what to do and then would fly away. This time they stayed for days. What do you think this means. Pakistan government has told them very clearly that from now onwards all important matters shall be discussed in Parliament.
Its time US government too made changes to its policies.:wave:
 
Before this government came to power US officials used to come to Pakistan, stay four or five hours tell Musharaf what to do and then would fly away. This time they stayed for days. What do you think this means. Pakistan government has told them very clearly that from now onwards all important matters shall be discussed in Parliament.
Its time US government too made changes to its policies.:wave:

meaning what!
 
Before this government came to power US officials used to come to Pakistan, stay four or five hours tell Musharaf what to do and then would fly away. This time they stayed for days. What do you think this means. Pakistan government has told them very clearly that from now onwards all important matters shall be discussed in Parliament.
Its time US government too made changes to its policies.:wave:
I strongly suggest you sneak into an university-level intro Global Studies or Political Science course. Even the most leftist populist democratic governments - as in Latin America - succumbed to American & Western Corporate pressure. They start off as sworn in through a fairly clean election, and with time they end up as "Mafiacrats"...and these are leftist people of worker backgrounds.

Jump into Pakistan and you got pseudo-socialists who would fall to blackmail a lot easier given that in Pakistan they're losing support from the "ghost-riders" in our society. These "ghosts" first include the steadily increasing intellectual elites who value meritocracy and strong independent values (i.e. our interests separate from others'). Then other ghosts are within the middle class who are increasingly leaning towards some "blood-stained solution" to Pakistan's elitist problems.

Finally the military that started off as a supposed tool to keep the feudals in power and oppress the masses...well it went a very different route than its African counterparts. In succession we have seen men of relatively low social backgrounds take command of the most powerful stand-alone institution in the country. The latest general - Kiyani - has begun a very explicit process of trying to equalize life-standards (health, education) for all personnel. No doubt this change cannot come in his tenure alone, but he has set the precedent for an institution that seems to follow precedents very well.

Basically...this parliament is on the twilight zone, and big changes are approaching Pakistan at a rapid pace. If the U.S. wanted to keep us weak, they could have done it the Egyptian-Israeli method with Pakistan and India. However the U.S. is choosing to put its eggs in India and try to actively damage Pakistan as much as possible.

They know that if a real activist government took charge of the country - no level of economic sanctions will stop Pakistan from progressing. If you have the 'ideal' government, then Pakistan's social systems - health & education - will reach standards comparable to Cubas'. Now you cover health & education...imagine the MASSIVE talent pool tapping its hands onto the vast energy potentials all over Pakistan.

Then imagine China buying our energy at ever increasing amounts each year; relying on Pakistan as a link to Middle East; and essentially their Vanguard. Europe will want to access the Chinese market, and they will have to go through Pakistan as well. In this case you now got a "tribute" system - which is a sign of DECLINE for any major power...the West, India, Arabs & Chinese would essentially look to Pakistan to actively PROTECT their interests. It is the same sort of crap the Taifa Kings in Muslim Spain did...paid the Christian Kingdoms to look after interests.

I only pray that Pakistan survives the next couple of decades...but I have hope as it is the one Muslim state created on the basis of Islam.
 
6 MLUs and 2 delivered to US for upgrade.
block 52 from 2009 onwards.

2009 weren't they ordered like 2006 or something why so long ? :rolleyes:
I hope this is the last f-16 order ever.
 
2009 weren't they ordered like 2006 or something why so long ? :rolleyes:
I hope this is the last f-16 order ever.

LM is producing F-16s for a lot of countries. pak will get their F-16s under the pegging order. poland, chile, israel and a few more countries orders are before us. turkey, morocco come after pakistan.
 
LM is producing F-16s for a lot of countries. pak will get their F-16s under the pegging order. poland, chile, israel and a few more countries orders are before us. turkey, morocco come after pakistan.

is this block 52 ones ?
 
it is being reported by Aircraft Illustrated magazine, April -08 issue that:

"the US Navy Adversary Group operating part (14 a/c) of the 28 embargoed F-16A/Bs have agreed to release the 14 F-16A/Bs to the PAF as part of the PAF MLU program. the USAF has already agreed to release their 14 a/c to the MLU program".
 
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