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State Department Approves $2.6 Billion In Philippines F-16 Weapons Sales

Thursday, June 24th, 2021

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State Department Approves $2.6 Billion In Philippines F-16 Weapons Sales

The Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70/72 (Lockheed Martin Photo)

The State Department has approved three sales totaling $2.6 billion in F-16 aircraft, Harpoon missiles, and Sidewinder missiles to the Philippines. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the possible sales on Thursday. The largest sale is $2.43 billion for 10 F-16 Block 70/72 aircraft and two F-16D Block 70/72 aircraft along with associated equipment including 15 each F100-PW-229EEP or F110-GE-129D engines; Improved Programmable Display Generators; AN/APG-83 Advanced Electronically Scanned Array Scalable Agile Beam Radars; Modular Mission Computers…

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