The first newly manufactured F-16 Block 72 fighter jet built for the Royal Moroccan Air Force completed its maiden flight at Lockheed Martin’s Greenville facility in South Carolina. The milestone initiates formal flight testing for the aircraft ahead of its scheduled delivery under a broader military modernization initiative. This acquisition expands the nation's tactical aircraft inventory while standardizing advanced avionics and sensor architectures across the fleet. Read full defense news at this link...
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| The F-16 Block 72 combines a 12,000-hour airframe, AN/APG-83 AESA radar, and modernized avionics with the Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 engine, and is an export variant, as the U.S. Air Force transitioned to the F-35. (Picture source: Lockheed Martin) |