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Orders in the pipelineNew orders and deliveries continue for the aircraft, although with some setbacks. Taiwan’s order in 2023 for 66 F-16V fighter jets was originally set to see all aircraft arrive in-country this year, but deliveries have been delayed out to 2027, with the country’s defence ministry citing supply chain issues. Lockheed Martin stated it was committed to speeding up its F-16V production for Taiwan, as the country faces a rising military threat from China and heightened tensions in the South China Sea.Elsewhere, Turkish interest in the F-16 remains stalled. In November 2024, the country’s defence minister Yaşar Güler said it would reduce the amount of the total package to US$7 billion, forgoing modernisation kits for its older F-16 models in favour of a domestically produced solution. Turkey’s renewed drive to lift the US’s F-35 sanctions and its recent acquisition of Eurofighter Typhoons came to the fore in 2025, raising the possibility that it could also use Qatari Eurofighters to replace its older F-16 fleet.Over in Greece, the government approved a long-awaited upgrade of an additional 38 F-16 Block 50/52 aircraft to the F-16V Block 70 standard for the Hellenic air force. In mid-2025, half of its original 84-upgrade order was completed, with Lockheed delivering the 42nd F-16V to Greece. Forty-eight aircraft have so far been delivered to the Hellenic Air Force.
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