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12 January 2024
by Gareth Jennings
With older F-16s (pictured) already in service, Jordan is now to receive the latest Block 70 aircraft. (Janes/Patrick Allen)
Jordan has signed for new F-16 Fighting Falcon combat aircraft, with Lockheed Martin telling
Janes
that the previous letter of acceptance (LOA) has now been firmed up into a contract.
With Jordan signing its LOA for eight Block 70/72 aircraft in June 2022, Lockheed Martin said on 11 January that this had now become a contract for 12 Block 70 aircraft (the Block 70 is powered by the General Electric F100-GE-129D engine rather than the Pratt & Whitney F100-PW229EEP engine of the Block 72).
While the original February 2022 US State Department approval was for 12 single-seat F-16Cs and four twin-seat F-16Ds, Lockheed Martin did not break down the split of the 12 contracted F-16C/D aircraft.
The F-16 is the core of Jordan’s combat aviation capabilities, having received its first second-hand aircraft from the United States in 1997. As noted by
Janes World Air Forces
, the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) fields 43 F-16A and 18 F-16B Fighting Falcons.
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