Information and Public Relations Directorate
E-mail: presamapn@mapn.ro
Contact: 021-319.60.22
Three more F-16 aircraft procured by Romania landed at Câmpia Turzii
Three F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft purchased by Romania from the Kingdom of Norway landed on Friday, December 13th, at the 71st "General Emanoil Ionescu" Air Base at Câmpia Turzii, to equip the 48th Fighter Squadron.
The procurement of the new batch of F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft and the related package of goods and services will strengthen Romania’s security by defending the national/NATO’s airspace in peacetime and crisis situations through the execution of the NATO-led permanent Air Policing Combat Service.
With the three aircraft that landed today, the 48th Fighter Squadron operates a total of fifteen F-16 aircraft purchased by Romania from the Kingdom of Norway, alongside the related package of goods and services.
* * *
According to the Concept for the gradual building of the air defence capability, included within the "Air Force Multirole Aircraft" Program, the Government of Romania awarded the Government of the Kingdom of Norway the purchasing contract of 32 F-16 aircraft, with initial logistic support and a complementary package of goods and services (from the Government of the United States of America).
The aircraft will be delivered fully operational, their available resource enabling their operation for at least a 10 year-transition period to the 5th generation aircraft, which makes the purchase of the Norwegian fighters a transfer of capability between two allied NATO countries.
The Press Office