Koninklijke Luchtmacht sells again 18 F-16's to Chile

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Koninklijke Luchtmacht sells again 18 F-16's to Chile

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According to the Chile gvmt. they have bought 18 F-16's from the KLU.
source: rtlnieuws.

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Re: Koninklijke Luchtmacht sells again 18 F-16's to Chile

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wamovements wrote:According to the Chile gvmt. they have bought 18 F-16's from the KLU.
source: rtlnieuws.
Well, according to Jack de Vries our F-16's are so old that they really can not be used much longer and we must buy the JSF as soon as possibe. Maybe he has rewound the internal clock of the F-16's before selling them........ :twisted:
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Re: Koninklijke Luchtmacht sells again 18 F-16's to Chile

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According to sources the next 17 F-16's are for sale:

J-058, J-138, J-192, J-198, J-204, J-207, J-365, J-617, J-627, J-636, J-640, J-648, J-864, J-867, J-869, J-874, J-875. All F-16AM. (credit AGL Full Stop)

If true, that leaves just 1 unidentified.

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Re: Koninklijke Luchtmacht sells again 18 F-16's to Chile

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Aren't this F-16 that are Stored somewhere? or maybe this is a way for Ministry of Defense to make some money so the can Buy the JSF of it without getting money from the ministry:P
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Re: Koninklijke Luchtmacht sells again 18 F-16's to Chile

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Hi,

Above mentioned F-16s are still operational at Lwd and Vkl.

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Re: Koninklijke Luchtmacht sells again 18 F-16's to Chile

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Will this reduce the number from 108 to 90 operatioanl F-16's as planned?

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Re: Koninklijke Luchtmacht sells again 18 F-16's to Chile

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Wildpicture wrote:
wamovements wrote:According to the Chile gvmt. they have bought 18 F-16's from the KLU.
source: rtlnieuws.
Well, according to Jack de Vries our F-16's are so old that they really can not be used much longer and we must buy the JSF as soon as possibe. Maybe he has rewound the internal clock of the F-16's before selling them........ :twisted:

Aha! Thats your mistake - believing something said by a politician :oops:
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Re: Koninklijke Luchtmacht sells again 18 F-16's to Chile

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According to the Dutch press agency ANP, the deal is not concluded yet.
Link: http://www.nu.nl/economie/1956617/verko ... -rond.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Koninklijke Luchtmacht sells again 18 F-16's to Chile

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If the deal gets through i think J-620 will be the 18th F-16 of this batch.

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Re: Koninklijke Luchtmacht sells again 18 F-16's to Chile

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Rockville wrote:According to the Dutch press agency ANP, the deal is not concluded yet.
Link: http://www.nu.nl/economie/1956617/verko ... -rond.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Well, not important what the Dutch press says..... on Chilean press say the deal is concluded..... they will replace the last 11 F-5E Tigers with Grupo 7.

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Re: Koninklijke Luchtmacht sells again 18 F-16's to Chile

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It looks like it is official now, it is reported on several Dutch news websites.

Link in Dutch here
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Re: Koninklijke Luchtmacht sells again 18 F-16's to Chile

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Mark B. wrote:It looks like it is official now, it is reported on several Dutch news websites.

Link in Dutch here
looks like a delegation landed on EHRD today (see photoforum)
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Re: Koninklijke Luchtmacht sells again 18 F-16's to Chile

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Redskin wrote:
Mark B. wrote:It looks like it is official now, it is reported on several Dutch news websites.

Link in Dutch here
looks like a delegation landed on EHRD today (see photoforum)
Partly correct; there is a state visit by the President (with an trade delegation support included)

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Re: Koninklijke Luchtmacht sells again 18 F-16's to Chile

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wamovements wrote:According to the Chile gvmt. they have bought 18 F-16's from the KLU.
source: rtlnieuws.

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Dutch defence site also make notice. HERE
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Re: Koninklijke Luchtmacht sells again 18 F-16's to Chile

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Mark B. wrote:According to sources the next 17 F-16's are for sale:

J-058, J-138, J-192, J-198, J-204, J-207, J-365, J-617, J-627, J-636, J-640, J-648, J-864, J-867, J-869, J-874, J-875. All F-16AM. (credit AGL Full Stop)

If true, that leaves just 1 unidentified.

Mark
Could any one already confirm which 18 F-16's are going to Chile? Are those 17 above confirmed or "most likely" victims :roll:

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