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guys plz can any one tell me that wat does these blocks means...like block 50\52...etccc.thanks
 
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Blocks signifies the standard of advancements in technology incorporated in a weapon system.

forexample, if a weapon is conceived with initial specification and is produced in numbers and after its performance a few improvements are made in it by incorporating advance technologies, then this will increase its performance dramatically and give that system new abilities.

this same weapon may be assigned another block number or name just for the sake of identification of the set of specifications it contains.

for example F16 Block 15 doesn't have in flight refueling whereas F16 Block 60 has, which will further the range of the later block.
 
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My question is;

Is PAF has any plans for followup order of AIM-120C5 and JDAMs? I do feel that current order is little lower than our requirements. PAF pilots will be using AMRAAM and JDAM in training, exercises etc. So we definitely would need more.
 
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what could have been!

27 Oct 1976
Iran orders 160 F-16s and takes an option on 140 more (Peace Zebra). The order was cancelled in 1979 with the fall of the Shah.
 
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140 F-16..200+ F-14's etc..lol was Iran thinking about fighting the Soviet Union.
 
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what could have been!

27 Oct 1976
Iran orders 160 F-16s and takes an option on 140 more (Peace Zebra). The order was cancelled in 1979 with the fall of the Shah.

man.....that's only one thing.


US was going to sell Iran FA-18 Hornets, AND also give license/facility to them to manufacture them locally (like what Turkey does with F-16s now)

of course after 1979, a LOT changed!!
 
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Are the new F-16 block 52 that Pakistan is getting, equipped with necessary stuff for mid air refueling and buddy to buddy refueling?
 
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I don't know about buddy refuelling but mid flight refueling (by tankers) yes. PAF still needs to get the tankers though as the Il-78 cannot refuel F-16s (different systems not compatible).
 
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