Turkey Abandons F-16V Upgrade Plans

Credit: Tony Osborne – Aviation Week
The Turkish government has scaled back plans to upgrade part of its F-16 fleet to the Block 70 standard, the country’s defense minister says. Updating Turkish lawmakers on national defense plans, Defense Minister Yasar Guler said that Ankara had abandoned plans to upgrade 79 of the country’s Block...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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