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Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Lockheed Martin F-16 American Fighter Jet To Start Trials For Indian Air Force

F-16 Fighting FalconClose on the heels of the field trials for the American Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, IAF will now put to pace the Lockheed Martin F-16 Viper in a bid to source a winner for its MMRCA tender.

The MMRCA (Medium Multirole Combat Aircraft) programme pertains to a tender worth $10 billion floated by the IAF to help replace its aging fleet of fighter aircraft namely the MiG-21, MiG-27 and Jaguar fighters with 126 new 4++ generation fighters.

"The field trials will be conducted in Bangalore, Jaisalmer and Leh till Sep 18 in different conditions. We had the training phase from Sep 3-5 in preparation for the trials," Lockheed's international communications manager John Giese said.

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