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Poland Requests F-16 Support and Additional Weapons Munitions
Defense Talk ^ | 2/7/2012 | US Defense Security Cooperation Agency

Posted on 02/07/2012 9:55:56 PM PST by U-238

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress Feb. 2 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Poland of F-16 support and munitions, as well as associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $447 million.

The Government of Poland has requested a possible sale of 93 AIM-9X-2 SIDEWINDER Block II Tactical Missiles, 4 CATM-9X-2 Captive Air Training Missiles, 65 AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles, 42 GBU-49 Enhanced PAVEWAY II 500 lb Bombs, 200 GBU-54 (2000 lb) Laser Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) Bombs, 642 BLU-111 (500 lb) General Purpose Bombs, 127 MK-82 (500 lb) General Purpose Bombs, 80 BLU-117 (2000 lb) General Purpose Bombs, 4 MK-84 (2000 lb) Inert General Purpose Bombs, 9 F-100-PW-229 Engine Core Modules, 28 Night Vision Devices plus 6 spare intensifier tubes, 12 Autonomous Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation P5 pods, a Joint Mission Planning System, and five years of follow-on support and sustainment services for Poland’s F-16 fleet, spare and repair parts, support and test equipment, publications and technical documentation, system overhauls and upgrades, personnel training and training equipment, U.S. Government and contractor technical support, and other related elements of program support. The estimated cost is $447 million.

Read more: http://www.defencetalk.com/poland-requests-f-16-support-and-additional-weapons-munitions-40327/#ixzz1llYKmh1J

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aerospace; easterneurope; f16; munitions; poland; polishairforce

1 posted on 02/07/2012 9:56:02 PM PST by U-238
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To: U-238

Prolly, thinking about Pooty Poote


2 posted on 02/07/2012 10:18:47 PM PST by STD (Cut Taxes, Cut Spending Stupid!)
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To: STD

You bet.


3 posted on 02/08/2012 6:16:27 AM PST by U-238
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To: U-238
Those wings do look a tad nekkid...


4 posted on 02/08/2012 1:45:10 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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