
The eight Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-16 fighter jets Pakistan has been cleared to purchase will replace fighters that have rapidly aged conducting precision bombing against Taliban targets in the tribal regions along the border with Afghanistan, according to a senior adviser to the Pakistani prime minister.Pakistan has flown F-16s for decades but only recently has flown them intensively on combat missions, Sartaj Aziz, foreign affairs adviser to the Prime Minister of Pakistan told reporters Tuesday during a Defense Writers Group…