Philippines to acquire 20 F-16 jets, missiles, bombs under US$5.58bn foreign military sale

A United States Air Force Pacific Air Command F-16 takes off for an aerial display during the Australian International Airshow 2025 at Avalon Airport. Photo: LAC Ryan HowellThe US State Department has approved the sale of F-16 fighter jets to the government of the Philippines under a US$5.58 billion foreign military sale.The US State Department has approved the sale of F-16 fighter jets to the government of the Philippines under a US$5.58 billion foreign military sale. The US Congress was notified of the possible sale, which includes 16 F-16 C Block 70/72 aircraft and four F-16 D Block 70/72 aircraft, by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) on 1 April. You’re out of free articles for this month To continue reading the rest of this article, please log in. Under the sale, the Philippines would also receive 24 F110-GE-129D or F100-PW-229 engines, 22 AN/APG-83 active electronically scanned array scalable agile beam radars, 22 modular mission computers 7000AH, 22 embedded global p...