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Copy Danish F-16AM Falcon MLU - 2020, Have Glass V Aircraft F-16 for ARGENTINA AF ? WIP #4444

Closed KLABDB3K closed 6 months ago

KLABDB3K commented 8 months ago

DB Selector

DB3K

DBID to Copy

Aircraft 5756 F-16 Denmark last model. DBID to follow.

Hypothetical

No

Name

F-16AM Falcon MLU - 2020, Have Glass V Argentina AF 2026

Country

Argentina

Service

Air Force

In Commission

2026 - 2030

Number in Service

24

Sensors

Straight copy...

Mounts

As copy Danish F-16..

Loadout Options

Probably mostly dumb bombs etc but would await confirmation from FMS - Don't expect any long range quasi strategic standoff weapons, anything nuclear etc

Other Changes

Not sure if Have Glass would be taken off / removed for sensitivity issues?

Sources

https://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_march_2024_global_security_army_industry/argentina_advances_air_force_with_danish_f-16_multirole_fighter_jets.html

https://twitter.com/Forsvarsmin/status/1772704061608824990?t=T60ljk-p-bBvTEHFslVIqg&s=19

Looks extremely likely given the source on X but (WIP until I see one actually in Argentinian AF markings given how many different aircraft they have nearly bought and the state of the economy) .

KLABDB3K commented 7 months ago

https://twitter.com/SA_Defensa/status/1780220735014731933?t=3wbVrKI-3rQSw51yn2PG0A&s=19

AIM-9X and AIM-120D.

KLABDB3K commented 7 months ago

https://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_april_2024_global_security_army_industry/argentina_buys_24_danish_f-16_multirole_fighter_jets.html

Starting to look legit.

tbrandon517 commented 7 months ago

Additional

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/argentina-has-purchased-24-f-16-fighter-jets/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR00pRw1TWe8wajs2Lu2HVICzSmv7HNdYkYGkkm4edL8ocN75b19izPjm_o_aem_Afd1-ie-1ebGCol36gY7T5LgDB95ExdyeMgwJP-926gEttd51dGALHFBemhd0haXXD8grjlT-NKcs7Ff5vXm8UMD

PygmalionOfCyprus commented 6 months ago

Handled 507.