Draken To Expand Red Air Fleet By Acquiring Norwegian F-16s

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Credit: Tony Osborne / Aviation Week
Adversary air operator Draken International is to purchase F-16s from Norway to support its U.S. training contracts. Draken will buy 12 Block 15 Mid-Life Update F-16s as Norway’s air force prepares to transition entirely over to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter at the end of this year—the first...
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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