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Singapore Airshow 2018: Thailand completes F-16 midlife upgrade

29th January 2018 - 12:00 GMT | by Sompong Nondhasa in Bangkok

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By completing a seven-year enhanced midlife upgrade (eMLU) programme on 18 F-16A/B fighters, the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has given them a capability as advanced as that of the F-16 Block 50/52.

The RTAF entered the first F-16 into the eMLU programme in November 2012. The RTAF hired Thai Aviation Industries (TAI) to run this project under the supervision of Lockheed Martin, which provided upgrade kits to TAI.

The first two F-16 eMLU aircraft of 403 Squadron had a rollout ceremony in January 2014 to mark completion of the first phase.

New systems on the F-16 eMLU aircraft are

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Sompong, a Thai national living in Bangkok, is a fulltime photojournalist and editor of the …

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