July 27, 2018
It Has F-22 'DNA': Why Lockheed Martin's New F-16 Block 70 Is Truly Special
Here comes "the viper".
by Dave Majumdar
The F-16 will still be flying for decades to come. There are still 3,000 operational F-16s are flying around the world with more than 25 different air forces. At least jets will have to be upgraded to the Block 70 standard as time goes on. The future is still bright for the F-16.
Lockheed Martin has received a massive $1.12 billion contract from the U.S. government to produce 16 advanced F-16 Block 70 Fighting Falcons for Bahrain.
The “undefinitized contract action award†means that the Royal Bahraini Air Force will become the first operator of the most advanced and capable version of F-16 ever designed.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/it-has-f-22-dna-why-lockheed-martins-new-f-16-block-70-truly-special-26916
