{"id":2684,"date":"2017-11-14T00:29:03","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T00:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=2684"},"modified":"2017-11-14T00:29:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T00:29:03","slug":"uae-announced-plans-to-upgrade-its-f-16-block60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2017\/11\/14\/uae-announced-plans-to-upgrade-its-f-16-block60\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE ANNOUNCED PLANS TO UPGRADE ITS F-16 BLOCK60"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/11\/F-16e_block60.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2685\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/11\/F-16e_block60-1024x736.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/11\/F-16e_block60-1024x736.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/11\/F-16e_block60-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/11\/F-16e_block60-768x552.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/11\/F-16e_block60-560x402.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/11\/F-16e_block60-260x187.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/11\/F-16e_block60-160x115.jpg 160w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/11\/F-16e_block60.jpg 1123w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sourced : Defence Blog<\/p>\n<p>By Dylan Malyasov<\/p>\n<p>The UAE Armed Forces announced plans to upgrade its fleet of F-16 fighter jets to the latest standard.<\/p>\n<p>According to officials, UAE\u2019s government has awarded Lockheed Martin a US$1.6 billion for to upgrade its fleet of 80 Lockheed Martin F-16E\/F fighters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe UAE Air Force flies the most advanced fourth-generation fighter in the world\u2014the F-16 Block 60 \u2018Desert Falcon,&#8217;\u201d according to Lockheed Martin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is yet another step forward in our partnership to enhance UAE national security and air defense capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The UAE is also interested in fifth-generation fighter jets with a preference for Lockheed Martin\u2019s F-35, which is the only Western-made jet that fully meets those requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sourced : Defence Blog By Dylan Malyasov The UAE Armed Forces announced plans to upgrade its fleet of F-16 fighter jets to the latest standard. According to officials, UAE\u2019s government has awarded Lockheed Martin a US$1.6 billion for to upgrade its fleet of 80 Lockheed Martin F-16E\/F fighters. \u201cThe UAE Air Force flies the most&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2017\/11\/14\/uae-announced-plans-to-upgrade-its-f-16-block60\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UAE ANNOUNCED PLANS TO UPGRADE ITS F-16 BLOCK60<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1684,954,1683],"class_list":["post-2684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-industry","tag-f-16-block60","tag-f-35","tag-uae-armed-forces","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2686,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2684\/revisions\/2686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}