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Why 8 when 15 are for sale
1. Jordan has raised the selling price.
2. Our own finances.
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Why 8 when 15 are for sale
they are taking advantage of the situation after fall of the f16 deal with america.1. Jordan has raised the selling price.
2. Our own finances.
1. Jordan has raised the selling price.
2. Our own finances.
Sir, you are trying to pick the 8 that have much less flying hour on them. As the PAF wants to cherry pick from the 15, the Jordanians have raised the price as it would be hard for them to sell the rest of the 7 with much higher flying miles on their airframes.
These are low cost jets due to their age, etc, so the $$$$ isn't an issue. The main issue is the PAF's qualifications of 8 out of 15 due to certain flying mile formula the PAF puts onto the plane before acquiring them. Thanks
should European countries have f-16 a/b in storageTrue
should European countries have f-16 a/b in storage
why not buy aircraft directly from USA they have plenty in storage
Why 8 when 15 are for sale
1. Jordan has raised the selling price.
2. Our own finances.
they are taking advantage of the situation after fall of the f16 deal with america.
all economics u know
If I may add one thing ... the author of the Diplomat piece (who mentioned that the PAF is looking to purchase eight F-16s from Jordan) might have made an error while writing his article. The link he inserted doesn't offer a number at all. Second, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) told Defense News that the PAF was looking to buy 14 Jordanian F-16s, which it would then upgrade (along with 60 existing units) at TAI.View attachment 362166
i am not contracting the reason stated by members stated above but just trying to highlight one more possible reason which in my opinion is the 'flying age' of of the offered fleet ... the average flying hours of this fleets is 5,624 hours & there are only 7 F-16s which are having lower flying hours then this average flying hours accumulated at this fleet in opinion there the those which are highlighted green are the possible F-16 PAF is looking for purchase; btw if I am not mistaken (plz correct me if I am wrong) officially the designed life of fuselage is 8,000 flying hours though it can stand upto 10,000 -12,000 flying hours
We also have Non NATO Ally status so eligible for EDA route for surplus/stored USAF F-16. It would not require notification to Congress we only need presidential approval IIRC.2 reasons
1. Poor relations at this time
2. Paucity of Funds
We also have Non NATO Ally status so eligible for EDA route for surplus/stored USAF F-16. It would not require notification to Congress we only need presidential approval IIRC.