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Peruvian Air Force to Get 14 Block 70 F-16s, Related Equipment for $3.42 Billion

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, September 16th, 2025

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Peruvian Air Force to Get 14 Block 70 F-16s, Related Equipment for $3.42 Billion

A Royal Bahraini Air Force F-16 Block 70 lands at Edwards AFB, Calif. on March 28, 2023 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Peruvian Air Force is to receive 10 Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-16C Block 70 fighters, two F-16D Block 70s, and related equipment under a $3.42 billion foreign military sale approved by the U.S. State Department, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said on Monday. Among the associated items are 14 General Electric [GE] F110-GE-129 engines; 14 Northrop Grumman [NOC] AN/APG-83 active electronically scanned array Scalable Agile Beam Radars; 12 RTX [RTX] AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM); 12 AIM-9X Block…

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