Chak Bamu
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Do we know whether they are MLUed or not? It might sway PAFs decision on whether to buy them or not. However I think the US in its current mood will not allow us and this is where the problem lies. If the approval was forthcoming we could have gotten th ex Jordanian 16s which are in a much better condition.
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"The Royal Norwegian Air Force (Luftforsvaret) was one of the four initial European Participating Air Forces and ordered a total of 74 F-16A/B aircraft. Of these, 56 were updated under the MLU program."
source: http://www.f-16.net/f-16_users_article12.html
So, 18 are non-MLU. It seems probable that the 28 being offered are MLUed.
As far as current mood of US is concerned, let us first bid and see which way it swings these days.
If @Munir were alive, he would likely advise against these in backdrop of his experience with Swedish units (Sea air corrosion issue). Let us see how PAF goes about it.