The arrival of the first two F-16 Block 70 jets at Malaki Air Base on Jul. 22, 2024, marks the beginning of Lockheed Martin’s delivery of a total of 14 brand new aircraft to Slovakia as well as ...

Slovakia ordered 14 F-16 C/D Block 70's in total. The contract was concluded in late 2018 by the Pellegrini government. In 2021, the Supreme Audit Office deemed the purchase of the fighter jets ...

Lockheed Martin announced the delivery of Slovakia's first two Greenville F-16 Block 70 jets, making it the first country in Europe to receive this iteration.

Slovakia received on Monday the first two of the 14 new F-16 military jets from the United States whose delivery was pushed back two years due to the coronavirus pandemic and a lack of chips.

MALACKY, Slovakia, July 22 (Reuters) - Slovakia received on Monday the first two of 14 new F-16 fighter jets that will replace Russian-made planes it had already donated to Ukraine.

MALACKY, Slovakia (Reuters) - Slovakia received on Monday the first two of 14 new F-16 fighter jets that will replace Russian-made planes it had already donated to Ukraine.

The first Slovak F-16 took flight in September 2023. This two-seat F-16D remains in the US for now, although the first two F-16Cs arrived in Slovakia on 22 July.

Slovakia has received the first two of a promised 14 F-16 military jets from the US after a two-year delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic and a lack of chips.

Slovakia received on Monday the first two of the 14 new F-16 military jets from the United States whose delivery was pushed back two years due to the coronavirus pandemic and a lack of chips.

"These fighter jets make Slovakia a stronger country and also strengthen NATO," said the ambassador, adding that Russian President Vladimir Putin questions the sovereignty of Slovakia and the ...