Ler e chorar...
Chorar porquê? Células modernizadas, mas todas elas com 40 anos em cima? No, thanks.
Mesmo os PA II, no pior dos casos, tinham à volta dos 12 anos de operação e 2000 a 3000 HV na USAF antes de irem parar ao AMARC/AMARG.
Já estão a programar as coisas...
"F-16s for 10 years, and then the technological leap
In the words of the Romanian Defense Minister, the MiG-21 LanceRs will continue to fly until 2023, when they will finally be replaced by the «new» F-16 MLUs, which have a planned 10-year operational life within the Romanian Air Force (Forţele Aeriene Române)."
Halfway through the F-16’s decade of service, and as part of an ambitious overall rearmament plan, Romania plans to make the technological leap to the fifth generation of fighters and purchase the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightining II.