Pakistan Keen To Purchase F-16 Fleet From Norway: Mukhtar

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Pakistan Keen To Purchase F-16 Fleet From Norway: Mukhtar

Pakistan and Norway on Monday expressed keenness to further strengthen and broaden bilateral ties and work together to fight against the war on terror and promote peace and stability in the region.


At a meeting held between Minister for Defence, Ch. Ahmed Mukhtar, and the visiting Norwegian Defence Minister, Ms. Grete Faremo an agreement was reached to further bilateral ties with the aim to promote peace and stability in the region.


Ch. Ahmed Mukhtar said both countries needed to enhance collaboration in the field of defence production and proposed to undertake joint ventures especially in ship building and sea boats manufacturing sectors.


The Minister also conveyed that Pakistan was keen to purchase F-16 aircraft fleet which was reportedly being replaced by Norway with F-35 Lightning-II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).

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Is this a new development? It caught my eye certainly. Why are we interested in buying F-16 fleet which Norway is going to replace?? Fishy... !

 

[Lankan Ranger]

Pakistan will get 72 F-16 jets

47 - F-16AM jets

10 - F-16BM jets

All have received a mid-life update

 

[Lankan Ranger]

Pakistan Keen To Purchase F-16 Fleet From Norway: Mukhtar

Is this a new development? It caught my eye certainly. Why are we interested in buying F-16 fleet which Norway is going to replace?? Fishy... !

Because Indian MRCA will be announced next year, also huge Indian 278 Su-30MKI Fleet

 

[Jigs]

Because Indian MRCA will be announced next year, also huge Indian 278 Su-30MKI Fleet

Also it is a budget friendly purchase. This may have to be worked through LM though.

 

[greatsequence]

Really fishy. Members having a know how of PAF perhaps can make sense of it.

 

[Manticore]

f35 delivery and sebsequent f16 transaction might take some years?

 

[Myth_buster_1]

good news.. Less then 5 million dollars per unit is a good deal for PAF.

 

[Lankan Ranger]

Norwegian F-16, with a full load of air-to-air missiles (4x Amraam and 2x Sidewinder)

 

[Jigs]

good news.. Less then 5 million dollars per unit is a good deal for PAF.

The price is released ? Or are you speculating ?

 

[Lankan Ranger]

Mid-life Update saw the introduction of the AIM-120 AMRAAM, Norway acquired the AIM-120B Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) - providing a beyond-visual-range air-to-air capability for the first time. Deliveries, under a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract with the USA, began in 1995 and were completed in 2000.

 

[alibaz]

If we go with this number where would be place for J-10s.

 

[Manticore]

10 F-16BM [usa origin]

47 F-16AM[netherlands origin] fighter will be replaced from 2016

Original batch of 72 license-built by Fokker.
All have received a mid-life update.[17] To be replaced by F-35A Lightning II.

--wiki


Modifications & Armament
Modifications

Norway's short and snowy runways, which are often located at dispersed sites, dictated that their F-16s be fitted with braking parachutes to handle situations where ordinary wheel brakes could not be used. These chutes are housed inside a large rectangular extension at the base of the tail fin, and Norwegian F-16s were actually the first F-16s to be fitted with chutes.

All Norwegian F-16A's (but none of the B-models) also carry an identification spotlight (similar to the example fitted to Danish F-16s used for identifying during nighttime intercepts. The spotlight is nicknamed 'Russer-lyset' (which translates to 'The Russian Light') for obvious reasons.

Royal Norwegian Air Force F-16s are equipped with the Northrop Grumman AN/ALQ-162 internally mounted deception jammer. In April 1998, Norway decided to acquire the Shadowbox II upgrade for the AN/ALQ-162. This will increase the capability of the baseline jammer to deny lock-on by pulse-Doppler (PD) and airborne intercept (AI) radar threats.

Mid-life Update

Norway participates in the MLU program and will submit a total of 56 airframes - 11 Bravo's and 45 Alpha's (all Block 10 or 15 a/c). The number of MLU kits ordered totaled one less than the F-16 inventory at the time. The reason for this was that, statistically the RNoAF would loose at least one aircraft before the project got underway. The aircraft lost to even up the aircraft-to-kit ratio was #78-0274. F-16A #299 from 338skv is Norway's TVI-airframe (Trial Verification Installation) and flies in American colors with the OT&E (Operational Test & Evaluation) unit. Work on the last MLU aircraft at the Air Force Depot in Kjeller was completed in December 2001.

Armament

Standard RNoAF F-16 armament includes the AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles. The Norwegian F-16s have an important anti-shipping role, and can also carry and launch the locally built Kongsberg Penguin anti-ship missile. Deliveries of the Penguin 3 began in 1987. The Penguin missile was also tested by the USAF under the designation AGM-119. Mid-course guidance is by an inertial system and radio altimeter, while final aiming is by an infrared seeker. Penguin missiles have been supplied to Skvadron 334.

The MLU saw the introduction of the AIM-120 AMRAAM. In a program expected to cost NKr4.5 billion (USD $602.2 million), the RNoAF is acquiring the AIM-120B Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) - providing a beyond-visual-range air-to-air capability for the first time. Deliveries, under a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract with the USA, began in 1995 and were completed in 2000.

Royal Norwegian Air Force F-16s used Paveway II (Mk 82) laser-guided bombs for the first time in September 1997. Laser designation for the weapons, lacking LANTIRN pods for the F-16 at the time, is provided by forward air control team from the Telemark Battalion, the Norwegian Army's contribution to NATO's Immediate Reaction Forces (IRF).


BLOCK20 MLU STANDARD
http://www.f-16.net/units_airforce157.html

http://www.f-16.net/f-16_versions_article2.html

 

[alibaz]

Lockheed Martin F-16 AM Fighting Falcon Airpower 2009 on Vimeo

 

[Safriz]

PAF has done it before,with Mirages when they bought mirages from whoever was scrapping them...Such behavior should change now as PAF can produce fighter jets of their own now...Mass production of Jf-17 will reduce cost and will help in future...Buying old F-16s when neighbors are about to get 5th generation stste of the art planes,is not wise...or is it?

 

[Lankan Ranger]

During operation 'Allied Force' in 1999, Norway participated with a number of F-16 jets stationed at Grazzanise AFB in Italy - Then Norwegian Air Force F-16 jets used Paveway II (Mk 82) laser-guided bombs for the first time.