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Nordic nations mull plan joint air defence to counter threat from Russia

Norway has 57 F-16 fighter jets and 37 F-35 fighter jets with 15 more of the latter on order. Finland has 62 F/A-18 Hornet jets and 64 F-35s on order, while Denmark has 58 F-16s and 27 F-35s on order. Sweden has more than 90 Gripens jets

China will not determine outcome of Russia-Ukraine war, says Joe Biden

Biden also repeated comments that he would not be sending F-16s to Ukraine for now, saying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy did not need the fighter jets for the moment

Sale of F-16 to Turkey depends on NATO approval, says US Congress

Sweden and Finland applied last year to join the trans-Atlantic defence pact after Russia invaded Ukraine, but faced unexpected objections from Turkey and have since sought to win its support

Will the US provide F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine? No, says Joe Biden

Analysts believe both Ukraine and Russia are gearing up for significant offensive movements in the coming months and Western aircraft could increase Kyiv's strength, with its own air force significantly depleted by 11 months of war

Just ask: Netherlands ready to give top-notch F16 fighters to Ukraine

Ukraine has long sought the American made fighter jet to fight back the numerically and technologically superior Russian Air Force

US Senator aims to block $20 billion F-16 deal with NATO member Turkiye

In October 2021 Turkiye asked the United States to buy 40 new F-16 fighter jets and 80 modernisation kits for its existing fleet. The State Department, according to a Reuters report, on 12 January informed the Senate and House committees that it intended to proceed with the proposed deal

US set to give USD 450 million F-16 sustainment package to Pakistan despite India’s concerns

Last month, the Biden administration reversed the decision of the previous Trump administration to suspend military aid to Islamabad for providing safe havens for the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network, and approved the F-16 fighter jet fleet sustainment programme to Pakistan

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F-16 programme is important part of broader US-Pakistan bilateral relationship, says US

On 8 September, the Biden administration approved a USD 450 million F-16 fighter jet fleet sustainment program to Pakistan to help it meet current and future counterterrorism threats, in Washington's first major security assistance to Islamabad in four years

With F-16 spares for Pakistan, US completes return to Cold War Eurasia strategy

The Biden administration silently/secretly notified Congress on the plans to supply spares and the like for Pakistan’s ageing F-16 fleet, but did not mention it at the two-day 2+2 dialogue in early September