Ok so here's the summary
31 out of the original 40 units remain
14 used F16 transferred
Total 45 units these were all MLU in turkey
13 ex-Jordan F16 A/B transferred not MLU
18 new F16 C/D bought
10 more F16 C/D bought
8 are now in on table but in dispute
So total F16
45 x MLU
13 ex Jordan
18 New
10 New
Total 86 units if we get 8 more new will be 94 units
Question is why PAF is going to upgrade entire fleet they only need to MLU 13 units in my opinion
31 out of the original 40 units remains (Agreed)
14 used F-16s transfered (Agreed) (Infact originally built for PAF and later used by USAF as agressor for DSCT)
Total 45 units
but first 4 were MLUed in USA and the remaining 41 were MLUed in TAI Turkey.
13 Ex-Jordian ADF transfered and not MLUed but they can fire AMRAAM.
18 New F-16 C/D Block 50/52 Aquired (Agreed)
10 More F-16 C/D Aquired (Not Agreed) (Didnt Happend)
8 are now on table but in dispute (Agreed)
And if these 8 will cleared for PAF through FMF then PAF will go for another 10 new F-16 C/D Block 50/52.
Currently Total 45(MLUed) + 13 (Ex-Jordanian ADF) + 18 (New Block 50/52) = 76 are in service with PAF.
The 2005 earthquakes forced Pakistan to reduce its F-16 Block 52+ acquisitions from 36 to 18. Money was diverted towards reconstruction of the earthquake hit regions. Then PPP rule happened.
No after earthquake in 2005 Pakistan change the plan of original 54 Block 50/52 and 28 embargoed F-16s originally built for PAF to 36 new Block 50/52 and 28 embargoed F-16s. But then in 2006 they split the order in two phases
Phase-1: 18 new Block 50/52 and 28 embargoed F-16s and
Phase-2: 18 remaining new Bloack 50/52
But as first phase didn't came through as per original plan and US Navy refused to release 14 F-16s so then USA asked Jordan to provide their 13 ADF F-16s as supplement of those 14 US Navy F-16s.
And Now PAF went for remaining 18 in two batches first 8 and then 10 but struck when Congress refused to give approval for subsidize through FMF.
I believe we will stop at 100 with adding numbers from MLUed platforms.The chances of getting bl.52s are fast diminishing.
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I think PAF will aquire 14 more used F-16s and then will go through MLUed for ex-Jordanian and these 14 to reach till 90.
And PAF is still trying to allow the FMF to be used for new 8 F-16s C/D and once it cleared they will go for another 10 to reach a magical number of 108 to fulfill 6 F-16s Squadrons.