Eddie Zemenidis: US policy has not changed regarding the possibility of selling F16 in Turkey – ertnews.gr

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  1. This request concerns Turkey buying 40 F-16V and upgrading 80 older F-16s to the latest F-16V standard (4.5 generation).

    Current balance of power (flightglobal.com):

    4.5 generation
    – Greece: 6 Rafale
    – Turkey: 0

    4.0 generation
    – Greece: 153 F-16, 40 Mirage 2000
    – Turkey: 243 F-16

    3.0 generation
    – Greece: 33 F-4E
    – Turkey: 48 F-4E

    Greece is now retiring 16 Mirage 2000 and is waiting to get 18 Rafale more. Also 84 F-16s are being upgraded to the F-16V standard, bringing them to 4.5 generation equivalent.

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