The Aviation Magazine - No. 71 - 2020-10 to 12

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ROMANIAN AIR

Romania received additional ex-Portuguese F-16AMs as Aerostar becomes F-16 Maintenance Center

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n 14 August, Romania received another two F-16AM fighter jets in what marked the start of the delivery of the five additional, second-hand F-16A/B Fighting Falcon jets Bucharest agreed to acquire from Portugal in December 2019. The aircraft landed at Feteşti-Borcea Air Base a week after the Romanian Air Force (Forțele Aeriene Române, FAR) and the local, Bacău-based aerospace company Aerostar SA signed a collaboration protocol on 7 August. According to the Romanian Ministerul Apărării Naționale (MApN,

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